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Redmap (Western Australia) - Sightings of Algae and Plant Species

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 24/06/2025

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Redmap is a primarily a website that invites the community to spot, log and map marine species that are uncommon in their region, or along particular parts of their coast. The information collected is mapped and displayed on the site, demonstrating, in time, how species distributions may be changing. Sightings are divided into two categories – those with a photo that can be ‘verified’ by a marine biologist, and sightings without photos that we call community sightings (anecdotal). All the information collected, with and without photos, is mapped and will be used in the following years to map out a ‘story’ of changes occurring in our marine environment. The main data collected includes the species sighted (normally selected from a list comprising preselected species of interest), the location, date/time and activity being undertaken. Other optional information gathered include biological data such as sex, size and weight and environmental data such as water depth and temperature and habitat. This record is associated with live data (and will subsequently change over time) and spatial elements have reduced accuracy. It is also subject to a three year embargo (ie. does not contain data less than three years old). If you wish to discuss obtaining a citable, static dataset, that is current and/or contains accurate spatial elements, please see Point of Contact.

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Title Redmap (Western Australia) - Sightings of Algae and Plant Species
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/520b3e1f-439b-4067-974d-58442e6aa907
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
Gretta.Pecl@utas.edu.au
Reference Period 02/01/2010
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        112.5,
        -35.5
      ],
      [
        129.0,
        -35.5
      ],
      [
        129.0,
        -13.5
      ],
      [
        112.5,
        -13.5
      ],
      [
        112.5,
        -35.5
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Redmap (Western Australia) - Sightings of Algae and Plant Species". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/redmap-western-australia-sightings-of-algae-and-plant-species