Seagrass Presence Absence Map for Queensland, Australia

A seagrass habitat map produced by the ACEAS Seagrass working group for habitat risk modelling. The map identifies seagrass presence based on the National Intertidal-Subtidal Benthic Habitat Map and the UNEP WCMC Seagrass map from 2005. It is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling seagrass habitat risk based on the described mapping effort.
• Analyzing coastal ecosystem health using the identified seagrass presence data.
• Validating remote sensing data against the composite map derived from NISB and UNEP sources.

Strengths

• Integrates two established data sources: the NISB Habitat Map and the UNEP WCMC Seagrass map.
• Produced by a dedicated working group (ACEAS Seagrass) for a specific modeling purpose.
• Hosted on a national data network (Australian Ocean Data Network), suggesting formal curation.

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.
• The underlying UNEP source map is from 2005, which may limit temporal relevance.

Provenance

Source

ACEAS Seagrass working group, Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Composite mapping based on the NISB Habitat Map and UNEP WCMC Seagrass map.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-04 07:50:18.771096; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Queensland, Australia