Seagrass mapping - A compilation of material

The following provides a collection of information related to seagrass. (Note work in progress). (Note: record dates for search engines are as at 2 June 2022)

See also Coastal Page and Kelp Page

Guidelines, mapping etc
- Mapping Mediterranean seagrasses with Sentinel-2 imagery, Traganos and Reinartz (2018)
- How can Sentinel-2 contribute to seagrass mapping in shallow, turbid Baltic Sea waters, Kuhwald et al (2022)
- A Comparative Assessment of Ensemble-Based Machine Learning and Maximum Likelihood Methods for Mapping Seagrass Using Sentinel-2 Imagery in Tauranga Harbor, New Zealand, Tang Ha et al (2020)
- Towards Global-Scale Seagrass Mapping and Monitoring Using Sentinel-2 on Google Earth Engine: The Case Study of the Aegean and Ionian Seas, Traganos et al (2018)
- Guidelines for the rapid assessment and mapping of tropical seagrass habitats, Seagrass Watch L.J. Mckenzie (2003)
- A review of seagrass detection, mapping and monitoring applications using acoustic systems. Gumusay et al (2019)
- World Seagrass Association Seagrass Syllabus - includes module on monitoring Di Carlo G., McKenzie L.J. (2011) Local download (10 MBytes)
Global and International
- World Seagrass Association
- Global Distribution of Seagrasses Available as a point and poly layer with additional viewing options
- Out of the Blue: The Value of Seagrasses to the Environment and to People UNEP (2020)
  Download (74 MBytes) and e-Book
- 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
- Seagrass-Watch Monitoring Sites in Australia List and Map
- National Ocean Ecosystem Account Program - Mangroves, Seagrass, Saltmarsh (DCCEEW)
- National Ocean Account, Experimental Estimates - Saltmarsh and Seagrass (ABS, 2022)
- National Seabed Habitat metadata Download (Shapefile or GeoTiff)
- Seagrass Presence Absence Australia (ACEAS) Link
- 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
- OzCoasts Changes in seagrass areas and casestudies (% cover maps in Moreton Bay, 2004)
- Inventory and report associated with NISB above (2008) and metadata statement
- National Intertidal Digital Elevation Model https://www.ga.gov.au/dea/products/nidem Download shapefile or GeoTiff
- Data.gov.au Seagrass https://data.gov.au/search?q=seagrass (487 records)
- ARDC Seagrass https://researchdata.edu.au/search/#!/rows=15/sort=score%20desc/class=collection/q=seagrass/p=1/ (721 records)
- CSIRO Data Access Portal Seagrass https://data.csiro.au/collections/search/SQseagrass/STsearch-by-keyword/ (16 records)
- GA Data and publications Seagrass Link (22 records)
- BoM Sea temperatures and Currents
- IMOS Ocean Current - Surface Currents and Temperature
QLD
- Intertidal and subtidal Mapping https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wetland-background/index.html
- QSpatial Seagrass https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/search.page?q=seagrass (0 records)
- Data.qld.gova.au Seagrass https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset?q=seagrass (0 records)
NSW
- 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
- NSW SEED Seagrass (53 records)
- Data.NSW Seagrass https://data.nsw.gov.au/search/search?q=seagrass (3 records)
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
- 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)
- Data Vic Seagrass https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset?q=seagrass (17 records)
TAS
- Tas theLIST Seagrass (20 records)
SA
- SA Benthic Mapping also available as download and Web Service
- Marine habitat layers - source doc
- Marine Assets of Yorke Peninsula. Volume 2 of report for Natural Resources - Northern and Yorke, South Australia (2015)
- Researchers at the University of Adelaide have been mapping large-scale seagrass cover and genus distribution on South Australia’s temperate coast (2021)
- Australia’s biggest seagrass restoration project is happening in SA (2021)
- Grange seagrass changes over time
- EnviroData SA Seagrass Link (202 records)
- Data.SA Seagrass Link (236 records)
WA
- WA seagrass https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset?q=seagrass (20 records)
NT
- Data NT Seagrass https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/imfPublic/imf.jsp?site=nt_atlas (1 records)
- Data.nt.gov.au Seagrass https://data.nt.gov.au/dataset?q=seagrass (0 recrods)