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Here we outline the genesis of Seamap Australia, which integrates spatial data of the seabed of Australia’s continental shelf (0–200 m depth) from multiple sources to provide a single national map layer of marine habitat. It is underpinned by a hierarchical classification scheme with registered vocabulary, enabling presentation of nationally consistent information at the highest resolution available for any point in space. The Seamap Australia website enables users to delineate particular areas of interest, overlay habitat maps with many other marine data layers, and to directly access the data and metadata underlying the maps they produce. This unique resource represents a step-change in capacity to access and integrate large and diverse marine data holdings and to readily derive information and products to underpin decision making around marine spatial planning and conservation prioritisation, state-of-environment reporting, and research. It is a world first fully integrated national-scale marine mapping and data service.
Vanessa Lucieer, Neville Barrett, Claire Butler, Emma Flukes, Daniel Ierodiaconou, Tim Ingleton, Alan Jordan, Jacquomo Monk, Jessica Meeuwig, Rick Porter-Smith, Neil Smit, Peter Walsh, Alison Wright & Craig Johnson
Lucieer, V., Barrett, N., Butler, C. et al. A seafloor habitat map for the Australian continental shelf. Sci Data 6, 120 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0126-2
The Australian National Data Service (ANDS) High Values Collection (HVC) program has funded the establishment of an Australian seabed habitat classification scheme and spatial database “Seamap Australia”. Seamap Australia collates all national benthic habitat mapping data into one location on the Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN) complete with metadata records; synthesises these datasets into one spatial data product using a newly proposed national benthic marine classification scheme for the Australian continental shelf; and enables visualisation and download capacity via a web interface to the Seamap Australia synthesis layer, all original collated benthic habitat mapping datasets, and a sample selection of biological data overlays.
Claire Butler, Vanessa Lucieer, Peter Walsh, Emma Flukes, Craig Johnson
Butler, C, Lucieer, V, Walsh, P, Flukes, E & Johnson, C (2017) Seamap Australia [Version 1.0] the development of a national benthic marine classification scheme for the Australian continental shelf. Final Report to the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) High Values Collection #19. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania. 52 pgs.
Vanessa Lucieer, Miles Lawler, Andrew Pender, Mark Morffew
Lucieer, V, Lawler, M, Pender, A & Morffew, M (2009). Seamap Tasmania – Mapping the Gaps. Contract Report for NRM North. Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, University of Tasmania.
Vanessa Lucieer, Miles Lawler, Andrew Pender, Mark Morffew
Lucieer, V, Lawler, M, Pender, A & Morffew, M (2007). Mapping of inshore marine habitats from Schouten Island to Bicheno on the East Coast of Tasmania. Contract Report for NRM. Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, University of Tasmania.
Vanessa Lucieer, Miles Lawler, Mark Morffew, Andrew Pender
Lucieer, V, Lawler, M, Morffew, M & Pender, A (2007). Mapping of inshore marine habitats in the Cradle Coast Region: from West Head to Robbins Passage. Contract Report for NRM. Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, University of Tasmania.
Vanessa Lucieer, Miles Lawler, Mark Morffew, Andrew Pender
Lucieer, VL, Lawler, MM, Morffew, MG & Pender, AJ (2007). Estuaries habitat mapping in the Derwent-2007: A resurvey of marine habitats by SeaMap Tasmania. Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, University of Tasmania [Technical Report]
Tanya Whiteway, Andrew Heap, Vanessa Lucieer, Alan Hinde, Ryan Ruddick, Peter Harris
Whiteway, T, Heap, AD, Lucieer, V, Hinde, A, Ruddick, R & Harris, PT (2007). Seascapes of the Australia Margin and Adjacent Sea Floor: Methodology and Results. Geoscience Australia, Record 2007/11, 133pp.
Alan Jordan, Miles Lawler, Vanessa Halley, Neville Barrett
Jordan, A, Lawler, M, Halley, V, Barrett, NS (2005). Seabed habitat mapping in the Kent Group of islands and its role in marine protected area planning, Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, vol. 15, no. 1 , pp. 51-70 , doi: 10.1002/aqc.657.
Alan Jordan, Vanessa Halley, Miles Lawler, Neville Barrett
Jordan, AR, Halley, V, Lawler, MM & Barrett, NS (2002). Habitat mapping in the Kent Group of islands. Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, University of Tasmania [Technical Report]
Neville Barrett, Craig Sanderson, Miles Lawler, Vanessa Halley, Alan Jordan
Barrett, NS, Sanderson, JC, Lawler, MM, Halley, V & Jordan, AR (2001). Mapping of inshore marine habitats in South-Eastern Tasmania for marine protected area planning and marine management. Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, University of Tasmania [Technical Report]
Lucieer, VL, MacLeod, C, Pender, AJ and Ross, DJ (2012) Environmental assessment of potential marine farming areas in Macquarie Harbour Tasmania. Contract Report for Marine Farming Branch, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment. Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, University of Tasmania.
Barrett, NS, Edgar, GJ, Lawler, MM and Halley, V (2007). A quantitative video baseline survey of reef biota and survey of marine habitats within Bathurst Channel, Southwest Tasmania 2002. Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, University of Tasmania [Technical Report]
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