Aquatic Substrate Spectral Library for Rottnest, Marmion, and Shoalwater, 2006-2007

A spectral library of marine benthic habitats hosted in the Australian National Spectral Database. The data was collected for a PhD thesis focused on classifying habitats using hyperspectral imagery in oligotrophic, temperate waters off Western Australia. The record is managed by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Training machine learning models for benthic habitat classification based on hyperspectral signatures.
• Developing spectral unmixing algorithms for coastal water environments based on the library's reference spectra.
• Calibrating and validating remote sensing imagery for marine substrate mapping based on the collected spectral data.
• Studying the spectral properties of oligotrophic, temperate marine ecosystems based on the described geographic focus.

Strengths

• Data is part of the authoritative National Spectral Database, suggesting a degree of quality control.
• The dataset has a specific temporal coverage from 2006 to 2007.
• The dataset has a defined geographic scope covering Rottnest, Marmion, and Shoalwater in Western Australia.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Murdoch University (Harvey MJ, 2009 PhD thesis), Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Hyperspectral imagery collection for marine benthic habitat classification research.

Time Range

2006-2007

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 01:39:07.517446; freshness should be verified

Geography

Rottnest, Marmion, and Shoalwater, Western Australia, Australia