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Global Seagrass Species Richness - World Conservation Monitoring Centre 2003

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

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This dataset shows the global distribution of seagrasses, and is composed of two subsets of point and polygon occurrence data. The data were compiled by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre in collaboration with Dr Frederick T. Short (University of New Hampshire, USA). The boundaries do not represent actual ranges as seagrass are distributed in waters shallow enough for sunlight to penetrate. No surface area calculations should be attempted.

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Title Global Seagrass Species Richness - World Conservation Monitoring Centre 2003
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/8d33007f-eea9-40df-9df4-71bf5bc42351
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 12/07/2016
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        -180.0,
        -90.0
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        -90.0
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        90.0
      ],
      [
        -180.0,
        90.0
      ],
      [
        -180.0,
        -90.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Global Seagrass Species Richness - World Conservation Monitoring Centre 2003". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/global-seagrass-species-richness-world-conservation-monitoring-centre-2003