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Benthic Habitat GIS data of Sampling Sites within the Flinders Commonwealth Marine Reserve

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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This GIS layer is the product of interpreted multibeam acoustic data charaterising the distribution pattern of seafloor habitats at forty sampling sites within the Flinders Commonwealth Marine Reserve. The three classes that were mapped include hard, mixed and soft substrate. Mappin the Flinders CMR is a prerequisite to understanding the relationships between inshore (shelf) and offshore (slope) habitats and therefore representing a key element in developing effective management for the depth strata across the entire CMR. Habitat characterisation provides the underlying spatial framework for developing models of habitat dynamics, trophic interactions and spatial distribution of marine biodiversity.

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Title Benthic Habitat GIS data of Sampling Sites within the Flinders Commonwealth Marine Reserve
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/9ce00a00-1a3c-4350-b463-621ec4232c50
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
Vanessa.Lucieer@utas.edu.au
Reference Period 02/01/2012 - 01/07/2013
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        144.5,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        148.5,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        148.5,
        -39.0
      ],
      [
        144.5,
        -39.0
      ],
      [
        144.5,
        -44.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Benthic Habitat GIS data of Sampling Sites within the Flinders Commonwealth Marine Reserve". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/benthic-habitat-gis-data-of-sampling-sites-within-the-flinders-commonwealth-marine-reserve