South-west Marine Bioregional Profile: Ecological and Human Activity Data for Australia

Australia's South-west Marine Region is the focus of this bioregional profile, which establishes the information base for marine planning. The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts prepared this profile, describing the region's ecological characteristics, conservation values, and human activities. The dataset record is provided by Parks Australia to maintain access following the decommissioning of the Australian Marine Parks Science Atlas platform.

Use Cases

• Identify potential marine protected areas based on described conservation values.
• Analyze the relationship between biodiversity and human activities based on the broad description of human use.
• Support ecosystem-based management decisions based on the outlined ecological characteristics.
• Inform marine spatial planning based on the profile's natural asset and physical characteristic information.

Strengths

• The profile is the foundational information base for a formal Marine Bioregional Plan, indicating its official status.
• It integrates descriptions of both natural assets and human activities, providing a dual perspective.
• The associated South-west Marine Atlas is an interactive mapping tool for visualizing the described information.

Limitations

• The dataset is in HTML format, which may not be structured for direct computational analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative modeling.

Provenance

Source

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts; dataset record provided by Parks Australia.

Collection Method

Compiled as the first step in developing a Marine Bioregional Plan.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-16 23:13:51.409672; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia's South-west Marine Region.