Australia's Marine Bioregionalisation for Ecosystem-Based Management

The 2005 National Marine Bioregionalisation is a scientific project led by the National Oceans Office to define ecosystem boundaries in Australia's ocean territory. It aggregates and illustrates the complexity of marine environments to support an ecosystem-based approach to oceans management. The dataset is hosted by Geoscience Australia and was last updated on 2026 -03-25.

Use Cases

• Define marine ecosystem boundaries based on aggregated environmental complexity.
• Support oceans policy and management decisions based on the bioregionalisation framework.
• Analyze the spatial variability of marine environments for conservation planning.

Strengths

• Project is led by the authoritative National Oceans Office.
• Designed to support a national policy commitment to ecosystem-based management.
• Last update recorded as 2026-03-25 16:28:17.524153.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

National Oceans Office and Geoscience Australia Data.

Collection Method

A major scientific project aggregating data to define ecosystem boundaries.

Time Range

2005

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 25 16:28:17.524153; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's ocean territory.