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Abstract
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Rocky reefs form an important habitat on the continental shelf and one subject to disproportionate fishing pressure given
the high productivity of this habitat relative to adjacent sandy seabed. Despite this, little is known of the extent and
nature of these systems beyond their value to the fishing industry. This project collated all known mapping data from government
and industry (including data acquired during CERF and NERP Hubs) to provide an updated map of this key habitat around Australia.
A geomorphological classification system is also being developed for these reefs, and associated cross-shelf habitats with
the aim of it being accepted and adopted nationally, and it is being tested and refined for biological applicability.
This record describes the national habitat map data product generated from multiple datasets collated as part of NESP MBH
Project D3. The individual habitat mapping datasets collected as part of the data collation process have also been published
and are linked to this record.
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Purpose
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To improve knowledge of shelf reef habitat in Australian waters by collating all known habitat mapping data from government
and industry into a single data product.
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Credit
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Australian Hydrographic Service (AHS) |
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CSIRO |
Credit
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Geoscience Australia |
Credit
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Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) , NSW |
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NT Government |
Credit
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Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR), SA |
Credit
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Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) |
Credit
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School of Life and Environmental Sciences (LES), Deakin University |
Credit
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Centre for Marine Futures (UWA) |
Credit
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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) |
Credit
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National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub |
Status
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onGoing: data is continually being updated
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Individual name
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Smith, Rick, Dr |
Organisation name
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Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) |
Role
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distributor: party who distributes the resource
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Delivery point
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IMAS - Hobart |
Delivery point
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Private Bag 129 |
City
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Hobart |
Administrative area
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Tasmania |
Postal code
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7001 |
Country
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Australia |
Electronic mail address
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R.Smith@utas.edu.au
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Individual name
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Lucieer, Vanessa, Dr |
Organisation name
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Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) |
Role
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principalInvestigator: key party responsible for gathering information and conducting research
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Delivery point
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IMAS - Hobart |
Delivery point
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Private Bag 129 |
City
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Hobart |
Administrative area
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Tasmania |
Postal code
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7001 |
Country
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Australia |
Electronic mail address
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Vanessa.Lucieer@utas.edu.au
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Maintenance and update frequency
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notPlanned: there are no plans to update the data
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Descriptive keywords
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Descriptive keywords
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Descriptive keywords
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Temperate Reef (discipline). |
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Use limitation
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Data is not to be used for navigational purposes. |
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Attribution Constraints
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The citation in a list of references is: citation author name/s (year metadata published), metadata title. Citation author
organisation/s. File identifier and Data accessed at (add http link).
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Other Constraints
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The data described in this record are the intellectual property of the University of Tasmania through the Institute for
Marine and Antarctic Studies.
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Use limitation
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Data was sourced from the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub – the Marine Biodiversity Hub is supported through funding from the
Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program (NESP), administered by the Department of Agriculture, Water
and the Environment (DAWE).
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Classification
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unclassified: available for general disclosure
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Language
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English |
Character set
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utf8: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
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Topic category code
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geoscientificInformation |
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Temporal Currency
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mostRecent: resource currency is most recent
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Temporal Aggregation
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none: aggregation unit is none
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Minimum value
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0 |
Maximum value
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200 |
Identifier
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EPSG::5715
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Reference Authority
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urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:: |
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Name
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EPSG::5715 |
Scope
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EPSG::5715 |
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Sampling Frequency
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irregular: data is updated in intervals that are uneven in duration
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Term
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Seafloor habitat classification |
Type
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shortName: the parameter term is a short name
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Used in dataset?
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false |
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Term
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Classification scheme |
Type
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shortName: the parameter term is a short name
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Used in dataset?
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false |
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