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A Review of Surrogates for Marine Benthic Biodiversity

Created 26/03/2026

Updated 26/03/2026

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A growing need to manage marine biodiversity sustainably at local, regional and global scales cannot be met by applying the limited existing biological data. Abiotic surrogates of biodiversity are thus increasingly valuable in filling the gaps in our knowledge of biodiversity patterns, especially identification of hotspots, habitats needed by endangered or commercially valuable species and systems or processes important to the sustained provision of ecosystem services. This review examines the use of abiotic variables as surrogates for patterns in benthic assemblages with particular regard to how variables are tied to processes affecting biodiversity and how easily those variables can be measured at scales relevant to resource management decisions.

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Title A Review of Surrogates for Marine Benthic Biodiversity
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/00c809b1-50c4-4085-bd9c-1a8e7f7da748
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
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Reference Period 12/10/2025
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "A Review of Surrogates for Marine Benthic Biodiversity". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/a-review-of-surrogates-for-marine-benthic-biodiversity10