Reef habitat structure data from sites around Tasmania, Jurien Bay, and Jervis Bay includes measurements of depth, protection duration, rugosity, and biogenic cover. The dataset, hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network, likely contains explanatory variables for physical refuge and predator biomass. It was last updated on 2026-07-13.
Use Cases
- Modeling the relationship between marine protection duration and reef habitat complexity based on the described explanatory variables.
- Analyzing the influence of physical refuge size distribution on predator biomass based on the fractal refuge index.
- Assessing the correlation between canopy algae cover and other structural variables like boulder substratum and rugosity.
Strengths
- Includes multiple explanatory variables such as depth, duration of protection, rugosity, and percent cover of canopy algae.
- Covers geographically distinct temperate reef sites in Tasmania, Western Australia, and New South Wales.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network via data_gov_au
- Collection Method
- Collection of reef habitat structure measurements from field sites.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-13 20:32:24.802609; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Sites around Tasmania, with regional snapshots from Jurien Bay (Western Australia) and Jervis Bay (New South Wales), Australia.