A benthic bioregionalisation covers 80% of Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone beyond the continental shelf break. The technical report describes patterns of biological distributions and physical habitats on the seafloor, including datasets used and an evaluation of strengths and weaknesses. It was published by the Australian Ocean Data Network.
Use Cases
- Define marine management zones based on described benthic bioregions.
- Analyze patterns of biological distributions on the seafloor.
- Sub-divide marine bioregions for management using physical data examples.
- Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a national benthic bioregionalisation approach.
Strengths
- Covers 80% of Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone.
- Includes an evaluation of the bioregionalisation with strengths, weaknesses, and future work.
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 bias inherent to data_gov_au.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Report to the National Oceans Office describing the development of a national benthic marine bioregionalisation.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 15:11:50.560593; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone beyond the continental shelf break.