Temperate reef habitat structure data

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

The data is a collection of reef habitat structure measurements from sites around Tasmania with regional snapshots from Jurien Bay (WA) and Jervis Bay (NSW). Explanatory variables investigated were depth, duration of protection from fishing within marine protected area, rugosity, boulder substratum at a site, the average number of refuge size categories, and a fractal refuge index that reflected the frequency distribution of different sized physical refuges. Also considered were biogenic habitat structure in the form of the percent cover of canopy algae and the biomass of predatory fish.

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Field Value
Title Temperate reef habitat structure data
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/310b3497-76ab-459a-a2b2-a6079598d7b6
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
tjalexander001@gmail.com
Reference Period 01/06/2006 - 31/05/2007
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      ],
      [
        155.0,
        -46.5
      ],
      [
        155.0,
        -28.0
      ],
      [
        112.0,
        -28.0
      ],
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      ]
    ]
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  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Temperate reef habitat structure data". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/temperate-reef-habitat-structure-data