Changes in seagrass coverage in Cockburn Sound, Western Australia, were assessed from 1967 to 1999. The dataset was created by analyzing aerial photographs using modern mapping methods to determine the magnitude of change in hectares. It is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated on 2026-07-22.
Use Cases
- Quantifying habitat loss or gain based on seagrass coverage change over time.
- Modeling environmental drivers of seagrass decline based on multi-decadal time series.
- Calibrating remote sensing models for seagrass detection based on historical aerial photography.
Strengths
- Covers a 32-year time span from 1967 to 1999.
- Uses modern mapping methods applied to historical aerial photographs for consistent analysis.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Assessed from aerial photographs using modern mapping methods.
- Time Range
- 1967 to 1999
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-22 02:05:16.699886; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Cockburn Sound, Western Australia