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Marine Futures Project - Mount Gardner - biota

Created 23/01/2026

Updated 23/01/2026

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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.

Surveys took place across 9 study areas, including Mount Gardner, a site located just off Two People’s Bay, 30km east of the town of Albany. The area is host to a number of human uses, including recreational and commercial fishing, diving, surfing, recreational boat use and shipping and mining. The marine environment at this location is different to the other three study locations on the south coast, in that it encompasses the protected Two Peoples Bay with seagrass and invertebrate communities and the more exposed rocky and macroalgal reefs around the Mt Gardner peninsula itself.

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Title Marine Futures Project - Mount Gardner - biota
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/6cd98bc1-6cbd-40b5-b279-d4112c3e59be
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
jessica.meeuwig@uwa.edu.au
Reference Period 01/01/2006 - 31/12/2008
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Marine Futures Project - Mount Gardner - biota". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/marine-futures-project-mount-gardner-biota1