New South Wales estuaries contain data on the distribution and abundance of seagrass, mangrove, and saltmarsh plants. This snapshot was taken in February 2023 for the Seamap Australia project and supersedes earlier inventories from 2009 and 1984. The dataset is managed by the Australian Ocean Data Network.
Use Cases
- Mapping coastal vegetation habitats based on the distribution of seagrass, mangrove, and saltmarsh.
- Monitoring changes in estuarine plant abundance over time by comparing this snapshot with superseded versions.
- Assessing the health of NSW coastal ecosystems based on macrophyte distribution data.
- Supporting marine spatial planning projects like Seamap Australia with foundational vegetation data.
Strengths
- The dataset supersedes two earlier inventories, providing a more recent baseline.
- It is part of an ongoing collection, suggesting potential for future updates.
- The description explicitly states the data is for the Seamap Australia project.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Time Range
- Snapshot from February 2023
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 16:11:32.458320; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- New South Wales estuaries