Kelp mapping - A compilation of material

The following provides a collection of information related to kelp. (Note work in progress). (Note: record dates for search engines are as at 9 Dec 2022)

See also Coastal Page and Seagrass Page

Global and International
- World’s Largest Dynamic Kelp Map Launched, Uncovering Unprecedented Declines in Key Areas of California (2022) plus Kelpwatch map and Methodology
- Monitoring the Collapse of Kelp Forests and The collapse of Northern California kelp forests will be hard to reverse (2021)
- A High-Resolution Global Map of Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) Forests and Intertidal Green Algae (Ulvophyceae) with Sentinel-2 Imagery, Mora-Soto et al, (2020) View Global Map here (Use the 3rd box 'South Indian Ocean' in the Fly to options for Aust sites, though doesn't appear complete for all of Aust)
- Global estimates of the extent and production of macroalgal forests, Duarte et al (2022)
- TNC World map of the kelp biome updated (2020) View in ocean data viewer here and download data here
- Global Kelp Abundance by Province plus View in map here and download dataset here
- Southward decrease in the protection of persistent giant kelp forests in the northeast Pacific, Arafeh-Dalmau et al (2020)
- 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
National
- Kelp Forest Restoration in Australia, Layton et al, (2020)
- The ‘Great Southern Reef’: social, ecological and economic value of Australia’s neglected kelp forests, Bennett et al (2016)
- Substantial blue carbon in overlooked Australian kelp forests, Filbee-Dexter and Wernberg (2020)
- Algae of Australia
- Identification Factsheets of the Marine Benthic Flora (Algae) of Southern Australia
- The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia, H.B.S. Womersley
- Australian Seaweeds
- Australian Seaweed Institute
- Help for Kelp
- ALA Kelp Tracker (only covers Tas)
- Giant Kelp Marine Forests of South East Australia (Ecological Community) and Map plus Conservation Advice and fact sheets
- DCCEEW Algae search Algae databases and online resources
- Data.gov.au Kelp https://data.gov.au/search?q=kelp (98 records)
- ARDC Kelp https://researchdata.edu.au/search/#!/rows=15/sort=score%20desc/class=collection/p=1/q=kelp/ (231 records)
- CSIRO Data Access Portal Kelp https://data.csiro.au/search/keyword?q=kelp (0 records)
- GA Data and publications Kelp Link (2 records)
- BoM Sea temperatures and Currents
- IMOS Ocean Current - Surface Currents and Temperature
- NRT SST Satellites
QLD
- QLD WetlandInfo - Sub-tidal algae
- QSpatial Kelp https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=kelp (0 records)
- Data.qld.gova.au Kelp https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset?q=kelp (0 records)
NSW
- NSW SEED Kelp (652 records)
- Data.NSW Kelp https://data.nsw.gov.au/search/search?q=kelp (1 record)
VIC
- Data Vic Kelp https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset?q=kelp (1 record)
TAS
SA
- SA Benthic Mapping also available as download and Web Service
- Marine habitat layers - source doc
- EnviroData SA Kelp Link (77 records)
- Data.SA Kelp Link (16 records)
WA
- WA Kelp https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset?q=kelp (2,499 records)
NT
- Data.nt.gov.au Kelp https://data.nt.gov.au/dataset?q=kelp (0 records)