Seabed Environments and Habitats of the Great Barrier Reef

Geoscience Australia provides a dataset on seabed environments, habitats, and biological assemblages from the Great Barrier Reef. The data originates from a 2008 scientific publication by Pitcher, Doherty, and Anderson, which was included in a book on the reef's biology and management. The record was last updated on the platform in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Map seabed habitat types based on the described environmental classifications.
• Model species distributions based on described biological assemblage data.
• Analyze relationships between physical environments and biological communities as referenced in the source publication.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from a peer-reviewed scientific publication by recognized authors.
• Focuses on the ecologically significant Great Barrier Reef region.
• Platform metadata indicates a recent administrative update in 2026.

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.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Pitcher, C.R., P.J., Doherty, and T.J. Anderson. (2008). Seabed environments, habitats and biological assemblages. In: Hutchings, P.A., M.J. Kingsford, and O. Hoegh-Guldberg (eds.). The Great Barrier Reef: Biological, Environment and Management. CSIRO Publishing, Springer.

Collection Method

Likely contains scientific survey and observational data.

Time Range

Publication date is 2008; specific temporal coverage of the underlying data is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 09:11:55.087409; freshness should be verified

Geography

Great Barrier Reef, Australia.