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Benthic Marine Bioregionalisation of Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone: A Report to the National Oceans Office on the Development of a National Benthic Marine Bioregionalisation in support of Regional Marine Planning

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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The benthic (sea floor) component of the National Marine Bioregionalisation covers the 80% of Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone that lies beyond the continental shelf break. It provides a description of patterns of biological distributions and physical habitats on the seafloor. The Benthic Bioregionalisation Report is a technical document describing how the benthic bioregions were created. It includes descriptions of all the datasets used, details of each bioregion, and examples of how the physical data may be used to sub-divide the marine bioregions for management. An evaluation of the benthic bioregionalisation including strengths, weaknesses and future work is also contained in the report.

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Title Benthic Marine Bioregionalisation of Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone: A Report to the National Oceans Office on the Development of a National Benthic Marine Bioregionalisation in support of Regional Marine Planning
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/abb0ae7c-962d-4327-971d-7d649579e507
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 20/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Benthic Marine Bioregionalisation of Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone: A Report to the National Oceans Office on the Development of a National Benthic Marine Bioregionalisation in support of Regional Marine Planning". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/benthic-marine-bioregionalisation-of-australias-exclusive-economic-zone-a-report-to-the-nationa