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SeaMap Tasmania benthic habitat map

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 28/09/2025

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The SeaMap Tasmania project undertook mapping of seafloor habitats across the nearshore Tasmanian coastline (0-40 m) - the first state to compile a statewide asssimilated benthic habitat dataset. This initiative comprised of collating aerial photography (from archives), acoustic mapping, and conducting underwater video surveys and field-based visual observations. From this, 1:25,0000 scale habitat maps were created for shallow coastal water to within 1.5 km of the coastline (or 40m depth, which ever was arrived at first). Depth information was collected via acoustic methods and used to discriminate seafloor habitat type, in combination with scanned aerial photographs and towed video transects providing ground-truthing information. See 'Lineage' section of this record for full methodology and data dictionary. This data is also available via the Seamap Australia National Benthic Habitat Layer - a nationally consolidated benthic habitat map. https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/4739e4b0-4dba-4ec5-b658-02c09f27ab9a

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Title SeaMap Tasmania benthic habitat map
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/c793d5d6-2130-4e21-8c92-e9734a0f0619
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
vanessa.lucieer@utas.edu.au
Reference Period 01/01/2000 - 31/12/2009
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "SeaMap Tasmania benthic habitat map". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/seamap-tasmania-benthic-habitat-map