Dataset

Collation of spatial seagrass data from 1984 - 2014 for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area - Meadow boundaries

OBIS Australia MeasurementOrFact Open in mapper Explore occurrences

This dataset summarises 30 years of seagrass data collection (1984-2014) within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area into a GIS shapefile which describes seagrass at 1,169 individual or composite meadows. The data includes information on species, meadow type and age and reliability of the data. The data described by this record is current as of 01/12/2016 for use in the The data described by this record is current as of 01/12/2016 for use in the Seamap Australia project. Newer versions of the data, additional 'point' site data, and alternative download formats are available from eAtlas. http://eatlas.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/metadata.show?u uid=77998615-bbab-4270-bcb1-96c46f56f85a

Citation: King R (2023): Collation of spatial seagrass data from 1984 - 2014 for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area - Meadow boundaries. v1.3. CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Information and Data Centre (IDC). Dataset/Occurrence. https://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=nesp_seagrass_boundaries&v=1.3

Published: July 04, 2023 at 01:31

URL: https://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=nesp_seagrass_boundaries

2,391
occurrence records
11,955
measurements and facts
13
taxa
11
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
eventDate 3
0.1%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
ON_LAND 128
5.4%

Measurement types

DNA derived data