2005 National Marine Bioregionalisation of Australia: Ecosystem Boundaries

A major scientific project from the National Oceans Office designed to help define ecosystem boundaries in Australia's ocean territory. It illustrates the complexity and variability of marine environments to support an ecosystem-based approach to oceans management. The dataset is hosted by Geoscience Australia Data and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Mapping marine ecosystem boundaries based on the bioregionalisation framework.
• Supporting ocean policy and management decisions based on defined environmental regions.
• Analyzing the complexity and variability of marine environments across Australia's jurisdiction.

Strengths

• Project was a major scientific effort headed by the National Oceans Office.
• Designed specifically to support Australia's Oceans Policy commitment to an ecosystem-based approach.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National Oceans Office, Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Scientific project bringing together data to define ecosystem boundaries.

Time Range

2005

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 14:47:02.103713; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's ocean territory