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Coastal - A compilation of material

The following provides a collection of information related to coastal systems (Note work in progress).

See also Seagrass Page and Kelp Page

• Global and International
  • The State of the Worlds Mangroves
    • World Mangroves 2022 (Mangrove Alliance download) and Local download (14 MBytes)
    • World Mangroves 2021 (Mangrove Alliance download) and Local download (51 MBytes)
  • Global Mangroves, Saltmarhes, Seagrass, Coral Reefs, Cold-water Corals and Tidal Flat Ecosystems (WCMC Ocean Data Viewer)
  • Global Distribution of Mangroves USGS (2021)
  • Global Mangrove Watch (1996 - 2020) - with download links for data to 2020 (UNEP, WCMS)
  • Global Mangrove Forests - Resource Watch Online viewer with times series slider and download option 1996 - 2016
  • Global biophysical typology of mangroves (1996 - 2020)
  • World Atlas of Mangroves
  • Using Global Mangrove Watch to prioritise blue carbon conservation action (2023)
  • Blue Carbon researchers develop new way to protect coastal wetlands and Using biodegradable structures to facilitate restoration efforts along our coasts (2023)
  • High-resolution mapping of losses and gains of Earth's tidal wetlands, Murray et al (2022) and Supplementary Material
  • Global Intertidal Wetland Probability Explorer
  • Global Intertidal Change Explorer
  • Global Distribution of Saltmarshes (Online viewer 1973 - 2015 with download option)
  • Global Distribution of Tidal Flat Ecosystems (1984 - 2016)
  • Global Distribution of Coral Reefs (1954 - 2018)
  • Global Distribution of Cold-water Corals (1915 - 2014)
  • Allen Global Coral Atlas (2022)
  • New Reef Discovered Off Australia's South Coast Rivals The Great Barrier Reef (2015)
  • Global Distribution of Seagrasses Available as a point and poly layer with additional viewing options
  • World Register of marine Cave Species (WoRCS) https://riojournal.com/article/10451/ and http://www.marinespecies.org/worcs/
  • MARVL3 - Australian shelf temperature data atlas
  • GRACE-FO Measuring Earth's Surface Mass and Water Changes
  • NASA Sea Surface Temperature
  • NOAA Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Contour Charts
  • World Sea Temperatures

• Australian Knowledge Gaps
  • Scoping for an Australian Wetland Inventory: Identify knowledge gaps and solutions for extent mapping of Australian marine and coastal wetlands Brock et al 2022, Griffith University (4 MBytes)

• National - see also Coastal Wetlands presentations from AWI 2021 workshop
  • National Environmental Economic Accounts Dashboard - see Ocean Account
  • National Ocean Ecosystem Account Program - Mangroves, Seagrass, Saltmarsh (DCCEEW)
  • National Ocean Account, Experimental Estimates - Saltmarsh and Seagrass   (ABS, 2022)
  • Australian Estuaries Database - CAMRIS (2015)
  • Seamap Australia - Brings together data from national seabed mapping collections, with supporting information for marine managers, making data discoverable and accessible. Seamap Australia - Mapping App
  • eAtlas - A collection of regional and topic based atlases
  • National Habitat Map Series (2008) The habitat classes include: coral reef, rock dominated habitat, sediment dominated habitat, mangroves, saltmarsh, seagrass, macroalgae and filter feeders (e.g. sponges) presence populated for 10 km and 50 km tiles. Related to National Intertidal Subtidal Benthic (NISB) Habitat Classification Scheme
  • Inventory and report associated with NISB above (2008) and metadata statement
  • Current - National Mangrove Canopy Cover https://www.dea.ga.gov.au/products/dea-mangrove
  • Deprecated - National Mangrove Canopy Cover https://cmi.ga.gov.au/data-products/dea/191/dea-mangrove-canopy-cover-landsat
  • Coastlines https://www.ga.gov.au/dea/products/dea-coastlines
  • Coasts and estuaries http://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/marine/coasts-estuaries
  • Intertidal Extents https://www.ga.gov.au/dea/products/iem
  • GA Marine and Coastal http://maps.ga.gov.au/interactive-maps/#/theme/marine
  • National Seabed Habitat metadata Download (shapefile or GeoTiff)
  • National Intertidal Digital Elevation Model https://www.ga.gov.au/dea/products/nidem Download shapefile or GeoTiff
  • Changing Mangrove and Wetland Habitats over the last 8,000 years, Northern Australia and Southeast Asia (1988) In Northern Australia: Progress and prospects Volume 2: Floodplains research
  • TropWater - Seagrass mapping in Northern Australia
  • DIWA spatial data (2010) with Documentation (2003) plus Online searchable dB and Spatial query Protected Matters Search tool (new) Spatial query tool (old)
  • Ramsar (2020) and Online searchable dB
  • DIWA and Ramsar search tool
  • DIWA and Ramsar spatial query tool
  • DIWA and Ramsar in National Map
  • BoM Sea temperatures and Currents
  • IMOS Ocean Current - Surface Currents and Temperature
• QLD
  • Estuarine wetlands
  • Marine wetlands
  • Intertidal and subtidal Mapping https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wetland-background/index.html
  • Changing Mangrove and Wetland Habitats over the last 8,000 years, Northern Australia and Southeast Asia (1988) In Northern Australia: Progress and prospects Volume 2: Floodplains research
  • eAtlas - Collation of spatial seagrass data (meadow extent polygons, species presence/absence points) from 1984 - 2014 for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA) (NESP TWQ 3.1, TropWATER, JCU)
• NSW
  • NSW Estuarine Inventory https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/021f65eb-38c6-4db2-9dbe-821b6b427780
  • NSW Estuaries
    • Estuaries in NSW
    • Mapping estuarine habitats (including seagrass, saltmarsh and mangroves 154 estuaries)
    • Habitat mapping dataset (2008-10, including seagrass, saltmarsh and mangroves)
  • Latest NSW estuary macrophyte mapping https://webmap.industry.nsw.gov.au/Html5Viewer/index.html?viewer=Fisheries_Data_Portal  
  • Mangrove and Saltmarsh Distribution Mapping and Land Cover Change Assessment for South-Eastern Australia from 1991 to 2015 (Navarro et al 2021)
• VIC
  • Victorian Index of Estuary Condition https://www.ari.vic.gov.au/research/rivers-and-estuaries/index-of-estuary-condition Refer Click here for IEC fact sheet
  • Victorian EstuaryWatch map portal http://www.estuarywatch.org.au/estuary_watch_map.php
  • Reporting on the environmental condition of Victorian estuaries - a discussion paper, Arundel et al, NLWRA (2008)
  • Victorian Marine Habitat Mapping http://vro.agriculture.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vrosite.nsf/pages/marine_habitat
  • Coast wetlands of Victoria - inventory and condition (2014) Click here
  • Threats to Victorian estuaries information on classification and location (2008) Click here
  • Mangrove and Saltmarsh Distribution Mapping and Land Cover Change Assessment for South-Eastern Australia from 1991 to 2015 (Navarro et al 2021)
• TAS
  • Tasmania CFEV GDE layer https://www.thelist.tas.gov.au/app/content/data/geo-meta-data-record?detailRecordUID=f3859643-fbcb-4656-bb90-10f46920f9bc
  • Saltmarsh inventory and mapping Tasmania (2018) Click here
  • Estuarine Habitat Mapping in the Derwent - 2007 A Resurvey of Marine Habitats by SeaMap Tasmania
  • Mapping Coastal Saltmarshes in Southern Tasmania 2013
  • Atlas of Coastal Saltmarsh Wetlands in the Cradle Coast Region of Tasmania 2016
  • Atlas of Coastal Saltmarsh Wetlands in Northern Tasmania 2014
• SA
  • SA Benthic Mapping also available as download and Web Service
  • Marine habitat layers - source doc
  • Conceptual models of nearshore reefs in the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges region Imgraben et al, 2019 (6 MBytes)
• WA
  • Peel Inlet - Harvey Estuary
  • Acid Sulfate Soil Risk Map, Estuaries
  • New mapping method unearths bigger mangrove area in north west and Turning the Tide on Mapping Marginal Mangroves with Multi-Dimensional Space–Time Remote Sensing, Hickey and Radford (2022)
• NT
  • Changing Mangrove and Wetland Habitats over the last 8,000 yeas, Northern Australia and Southeast Asia (1988) In Northern Australia: Progress and prospects Volume 2: Floodplains research
  • Organisation of Mangrove Forests along natural salinity gradients in the Northern Territory: An ecophysical perspective (1988) In Northern Australia: Progress and prospects Volume 2: Floodplains research

Search engine links

• National (Counts from 4 June 2022)

·  Estuaries https://data.gov.au/search?q=estuaries (982 records) and ARDC Search (1,284 records)
·  Mangrove https://data.gov.au/search?q=mangrove (489 records) and ARDC Search (689 records)
·  Seargrass https://data.gov.au/search?q=seagrass (479 records) and ARDC Search (894 records)
·  Marine Habitat https://data.gov.au/search?q=marine%20habitat (2,412 records) and ARDC Search (29,014 records)

 

• QLD (Counts from Sept 2021)

·  QSpatial Estuaries https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=estuaries (11 records)
·  QSpatial Mangrove https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=mangrove (6 records)
·  QSpatial Seagrass https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=seagrass (0 records)
·  QSpatial Marine Habitat https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=marine+habitat (128 records)

• NSW (Counts from Sept 2021)

·  NSW SEED Estuaries (138 records)
·  NSW SEED Mangrove (72 records)
·  NSW SEED Seagrass (53 records)
·  NSW SEED Marine Habitat (127 records)

• Vic (Counts from Sept 2021)

·  Data Vic search Estuaries https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset?q=estuaries (20 records)
·  Data Vic search Mangrove https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset?q=mangrove (1 record)
·  Data Vic search Seagrass https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset?q=seagrass (16 records)
·  Data Vic search Marine habitat https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset?q=marine+habitat (3 records)

• Tas (Counts from Sept 2021)

·  Tas Estuaries (27 records)
·  Tas Mangrove (0 records)
·  Tas Seagrass (20 records)
·  Tas Marine Habitat (46 records)

• SA (Counts from Sept 2021)

·  Enviro Data SA Estuaries https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/SearchCenter/results.aspx?k=estuaries (630 records)
·  Enviro Data SA Mangrove https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/SearchCenter/results.aspx?k=mangrove (219 records)
·  Enviro Data SA Seagrass https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/SearchCenter/results.aspx?k=seagrass (189 records)
·  Enviro Data SA Marine Habitat https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/SearchCenter/results.aspx?k=marine%20habitat (772 records)

• WA (Counts from Sept 2021)

·  WA Estuaries https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset?q=estuaries (76 records)
·  WA Mangrove https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset?q=mangrove (3 records)
·  WA Seagrass https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset?q=seagrass (20 records)
·  WA Marine Habitat https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset?q=marine+habitat (60 records)

• NT (Counts from Sept 2021)

Data NT search in Spatial Data Search
·  Data NT search for Estuaries (0 records)
·  Data NT search for Mangrove (15 records)
·  Data NT search for Seagrass (1 record)
·  Data NT search for Marine Habitat (0 records)