edb29438-3f35-4734-80fb-0c0883c83da8 urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2026-02-12T08:35:07 creation ISO 19115 2016 WA Marine Futures Project - biota edb29438-3f35-4734-80fb-0c0883c83da8 The Marine Futures Project was designed to benchmark the current status of key Western Australian marine ecosystems, based on an improved understanding of the relationship between marine habitats, biodiversity and our use of these values. Approximately 1,500 km2 of seafloor were mapped using hydroacoustics (Reson 8101 Multibeam), and expected benthic habitats "ground-truthed" using towed video transects and baited remote underwater video systems. Both sources of information were then combined in a spatial predictive modelling framework to produce fine-scale habitat maps showing the extent of substrate types, biotic formations, etc. This project record provides linkage to each of metadata records describing data collected from the 9 study areas: Abrolhos Islands, Broke Inlet, Geographe Bay, Jurien Bay, Middle Island, Mount Gardner, Point Ann, Rottnest Island, and Southwest Capes​. To access the source datasets from each study site in their original (unaggregated) form, see child records linked to this parent record. {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[115.253514, -32.062236], [115.593416, -32.062236], [115.593416, -31.9658], [115.253514, -31.9658], [115.253514, -32.062236]]]} 115.253514 115.593416 -32.062236 -31.9658 Benthic habitat SHAPE-ZIP documentDigital DATA ACCESS - This OGC WFS service returns the data (biotic habitat) in Shapefile format WFS seamap:SeamapAus_WA_MarineFutures_biota_MAP documentDigital MAP - Marine Futures Project biotic habitat WMS ORCID ID documentDigital HTML ORCID ID documentDigital HTML Unnamed resource documentDigital HTML Unnamed resource documentDigital License Graphic PNG Unnamed resource documentDigital HTML