SA Benthic Habitat Survey Sites: South Australian Nearshore Habitats 2007-2011

South Australian nearshore benthic habitats are documented in this point dataset. It contains observations of habitats like seagrass, macroalgae, and reef collected from video drops during field work from 2007 to 2011. The data was produced by the Benthic Habitat Mapping project undertaken by DENR and is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Train habitat classification models based on video-derived point observations of seagrass, macroalgae, and reef.
• Map the distribution of benthic habitats along the South Australian coast using geospatial point data.
• Analyze changes in nearshore marine ecosystems over the 2007-2011 survey period.
• Validate or supplement broader-scale remote sensing habitat maps with ground-truthed point data.

Strengths

• Data collection spans a multi-year period from 2007 to 2011, providing a temporal snapshot.
• Focuses on specific, ecologically important benthic habitats: seagrass, macroalgae, and reef.
• Data is georeferenced point data, suitable for spatial analysis and mapping.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Point data collected from video drops during field surveys.

Time Range

2007 to 2011

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 05:12:50.875233; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Nearshore waters of South Australia