Oceanographic Regionalisation Data for Australia (from CSIRO Bioregionalisation Project 1996)

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

This dataset presents an oceanographic regionalisation for the Australian region using a multivariate pattern classification system, constructed as part of the CSIRO Bioregionalisation Project. The oceanographic regionalisation comprises an analysis of temperature, dissolved oxygen, salinity, nitrate, phosphate and silicate variability with season and depth. Data sources include research vessels, satellites, and surface drifters, and in particular the archive of vertical profiles of temperature, salinity, oxygen and nutrients comprising over 130,000 stations in the seas adjacent to Australia collected as part of the Division of Oceanography's Oceans-EEZ Analysis System.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Oceanographic Regionalisation Data for Australia (from CSIRO Bioregionalisation Project 1996)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/a12b522e-0e25-40fa-af7b-70261af38bd7
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Reference Period 10/07/1998 - 01/01/1996
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      ],
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        158.0,
        -47.5
      ],
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        -8.0
      ],
      [
        112.0,
        -8.0
      ],
      [
        112.0,
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      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "Oceanographic Regionalisation Data for Australia (from CSIRO Bioregionalisation Project 1996)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/oceanographic-regionalisation-data-for-australia-from-csiro-bioregionalisation-project-1996