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Seagrass meadow extents derived from field to spaceborne earth observation at Yule Point, Great Barrier Reef, October 2017 to July 2020

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Updated 24/06/2025

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Seagrass meadow extent and meadow-scape was mapped using four alternative approaches at Yule Point, a coastal clear water habitat, in the Cairns section of the Great Barrier Reef, between October 2017 and July 2020. Approach 1 included mapping meadow boundaries and meadow-scape during low spring tides on foot using a handheld GPS. Approach 2 was where the meadows were surveyed at low tide with observations from a helicopter, with observational spot-checks conducted at a number haphazardly scattered points. Approach 3 used imagery collected during low spring tides with a UAV at an altitude of 30 m with a resolution of 0.2cm/pixel. Approach 4 used PlanetScope Dove imagery captured on 05 September 2017 and 09 August 2019 coinciding as close as possible to the field-surveys in 2017 and 2019, with 3.7 m x 3.7 m pixels (nadir viewing) acquired from the PlanetScope archive. This record describes meadow extent data collected using Approach 4 (PlanetScope imagery). View the original metadata record at https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.946604 for the full data collection.

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Title Seagrass meadow extents derived from field to spaceborne earth observation at Yule Point, Great Barrier Reef, October 2017 to July 2020
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/0abf169e-35d5-4a20-87e1-ecb1f3290a98
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
lucas.langlois@jcu.edu.au
Reference Period 17/10/2017 - 30/07/2020
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Seagrass meadow extents derived from field to spaceborne earth observation at Yule Point, Great Barrier Reef, October 2017 to July 2020". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/seagrass-meadow-extents-derived-from-field-to-spaceborne-earth-observation-at-yule-point-g-2020