1967 to ongoing harmonized seagrass observations from across Australia's coastal waters. The data product aggregates and standardizes disparate datasets from multiple institutions, including IMAS, TropWATER, and state government agencies. It records presence and absence for 13 seagrass species, with data collected via field surveys, remote sensing, and aerial photography.
Use Cases
- Modeling seagrass habitat distribution based on aggregated species presence/absence data.
- Conducting long-term ecological trend analysis based on data spanning from 1967 to the present.
- Mapping intertidal and subtidal meadow boundaries based on field survey and remote sensing methods described.
- Assessing species composition and biomass across regions like the Great Barrier Reef using the listed seagrass species.
Strengths
- Aggregates data from numerous authoritative sources, including IMAS, TropWATER, and multiple state government agencies.
- Covers a long temporal range from 1967 to the present day.
- Includes observations for 13 distinct seagrass species.
- Geographic coverage spans the full extent of Australian coastal waters, with dense coverage in key regions like the Great Barrier Reef.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic or methodological bias inherent to the aggregated source datasets.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network, aggregating data from institutions including IMAS, TropWATER, state agencies, CSIRO, AIMS, and universities.
- Collection Method
- Data harmonized from disparate sources collected via field surveys (on-foot, boat-based), remote sensing (aerial, satellite, UAV), and legacy digitization.
- Time Range
- 1967 - ongoing
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-18 19:19:05.422010; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australian coastal waters, including the Great Barrier Reef, Torres Strait, Gulf of Carpentaria, Hervey Bay, Moreton Bay, Cockburn Sound, and temperate southern coastlines.