Australia's Marine Bioregionalisation for Ecosystem-Based Management

The 2005 National Marine Bioregionalisation project, led by the National Oceans Office, defines ecosystem boundaries within 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 the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Define marine ecosystem boundaries based on environmental complexity and variability.
• Support ecosystem-based ocean management policy development.
• Analyze spatial patterns of marine environments for conservation planning.
• Integrate scientific data for holistic ocean territory mapping.

Strengths

• Dataset originates from a major scientific project headed by the National Oceans Office.
• Supports a specific policy commitment (Australia's Oceans Policy) to ecosystem-based management.
• Hosted by a recognized national data organization (Australian Ocean Data Network).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified; last updated metadata indicates 2026-05-05.

Provenance

Source

National Oceans Office

Collection Method

Scientific project bringing together and illustrating marine environmental data.

Time Range

2005

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 04:56:28.919427.

Geography

Australia's ocean territory