NESP D3 Hunter Marine Park Bathymetry Grids from 2015-2019 Surveys

2015 and 2018 surveys collected gridded multi-beam echosounder bathymetry data for the Hunter Marine Park. The data was acquired by the NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment aboard RV Bombora for the National Environmental Science Program. It covers specific sites east of Seal Rocks, Outer Gibber, and Broughton Island, focusing on the Key Ecological Feature 'Continental Shelf Reef'.

Use Cases

• Modeling seafloor topography based on gridded bathymetry data
• Identifying and monitoring the 'Continental Shelf Reef' Key Ecological Feature
• Characterizing seabed habitats for marine biodiversity assessments
• Supporting marine park management and monitoring plans

Strengths

• Data collection funded by NESP and NSW DPIE across two project years
• Surveys targeted 100% coverage over previously identified key ecological areas
• Associated with detailed published reports by Davies et al (2016) and Williams et al (2020)

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Multi-beam echosounder (MBES) surveys from RV Bombora

Time Range

2015, 2018-2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 04:36:44.109859; freshness should be verified

Geography

Hunter Marine Park, sites east of Seal Rocks, Outer Gibber, and Broughton Island, New South Wales, Australia