Spatial inventory of publications for priority species in relation to Offshore Renewable E

Australia's Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) areas are the focus of this spatial inventory of publications for 100 priority marine species. The dataset, compiled by the Australian Ocean Data Network, indexes literature on birds, cetaceans, fish, sharks, pinnipeds, and turtles, noting potential ORE impacts. It serves as a research resource for planning, development, operation, and decommissioning phases of the offshore wind sector.

Use Cases

• Assess potential impacts of offshore wind infrastructure on marine species based on the recorded list of impacts.
• Identify research gaps for species with poorly-defined distributions based on the inclusion criteria for nearby studies.
• Plan environmental monitoring for ORE projects based on the compiled methodologies from the literature.
• Inform stakeholder engagement by referencing the list of priority species identified with DCCEEW and NOPSEMA.

Strengths

• Focuses on 100 priority marine species identified with stakeholders.
• Systematically indexes literature with attributes for study location, ORE area overlap, impact type, and methodology.
• Integrates observation data from multiple established repositories like BirdLife Australia and OBIS.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Systematic literature review and compilation of existing observation data from multiple repositories.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-16 19:14:14.156568; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australian Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) areas and nearby regions.