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DOF - Long Term Benthic Monitoring Locations at the Houtman Abrolhos Islands

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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This data comprises of three polygons outlining the shallow water (30m) areas of the three island groups of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands. Since 2007 Department of Fisheries has had permanent long term benthic monitoring transects assessing diversity and health of the benthos. There are ten long term monitoring sites in total (three in the Southern and Easter Groups and 4 in the Wallabi/North Group).

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Title DOF - Long Term Benthic Monitoring Locations at the Houtman Abrolhos Islands
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/c95b2b85-7ec6-41ce-aa41-28db7f2b30a3
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
gis.support@fish.wa.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/2007
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        113.34,
        -29.23
      ],
      [
        114.29,
        -29.23
      ],
      [
        114.29,
        -26.45
      ],
      [
        113.34,
        -26.45
      ],
      [
        113.34,
        -29.23
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "DOF - Long Term Benthic Monitoring Locations at the Houtman Abrolhos Islands". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/dof-long-term-benthic-monitoring-locations-at-the-houtman-abrolhos-islands1