Hunter Marine Park Bathymetry from Multi-Beam Echosounder Surveys 2015-2019

Gridded multi-beam echosounder bathymetry data for the Hunter Marine Park in Australia. Data was acquired by the NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment aboard the RV Bombora in 2015 and 2018-19, funded by the National Environmental Science Program. The surveys focused on mapping the continental shelf reef, with detailed reports available from the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub.

Use Cases

• Modeling seafloor habitat complexity based on gridded bathymetry data.
• Characterizing continental shelf reef ecosystems based on the described survey focus.
• Integrating bathymetric data with biological survey data (towed video, BRUVs) mentioned in the linked reports.

Strengths

• Data collection funded by the National Environmental Science Program and NSW DPIE.
• Surveys conducted in multiple years (2015 and 2018-19) with evolving methodologies.
• Linked to published reports detailing the surveys and related biological data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and specific grid resolution are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data, via the National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Biodiversity Hub.

Collection Method

Acquired using a multi-beam echosounder system aboard the RV Bombora.

Time Range

2015, 2018-2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 18:48:27.520421; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Hunter Marine Park, specifically areas east/southeast of Seal Rocks, Outer Gibber, and east/northeast of Broughton Island, Tasman Sea, Australia.