The Swan-Canning Estuary (WA) Seagrass 2011 dataset contains polygon data showing areas of seagrass habitat derived from aerial imagery. It was collected by the WA Department of Water and Geoscience Australia as part of a 2013 Australia-wide risk assessment of seagrass. The data serves as baseline information on seagrass composition and distribution in key estuaries of southern and south-western Western Australia.
Use Cases
- Mapping seagrass distribution based on aerial imagery-derived habitat polygons.
- Assessing baseline seagrass composition for ecological risk assessments.
- Monitoring changes in estuarine habitats over time using geospatial data.
Strengths
- Data was collected by government agencies (WA Department of Water and Geoscience Australia) for a formal risk assessment.
- The dataset provides a geospatial baseline for a key Western Australian estuary.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Derived from aerial imagery surveys.
- Time Range
- 2011
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-22 02:50:40.493167; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Swan-Canning Estuary, Western Australia