Wellstead Estuary (WA) Seagrass 2009 data was collected by the WA Department of Water and Geoscience Australia for a 2013 synthesis report. The dataset includes point and polygon geospatial data on species presence/absence and interpolated percentage cover. This data was later used by the ACEAS Seagrass Group for a nationwide risk assessment.
Use Cases
- Mapping seagrass species distribution based on point survey data.
- Analyzing seagrass percentage cover across the estuary using polygon data.
- Conducting baseline risk assessments for seagrass habitats as described in the 2013 report.
- Studying the composition of seagrass communities in southern Western Australian estuaries.
Strengths
- Data includes both point and polygon geospatial layers for different analytical purposes.
- Survey was conducted by government agencies (WA Department of Water and Geoscience Australia).
- Data contributed to a 2013 Australia-wide seagrass risk assessment.
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, focusing on a single estuary.
Provenance
- Source
- Water Science Branch of the Department of Water (Western Australia), Geoscience Australia
- Collection Method
- Field surveys for baseline data collection on seagrass composition and distribution.
- Time Range
- 2009
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-22 03:07:34.243174; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Wellstead Estuary, southern/south-western Western Australia