Contacts

Identifiers and Keywords

ANZLIC Id

ANZVI0803009744 

Victorian Spatial Data Library (VSDL) Schema

COASTS:VIC_MARINE_HABITAT_MAP_2023 

Jurisdiction

Victoria 

Topic category

• Biota
• Oceans

Resource Constraints

Use limitation

Publicly available under Creative Commons Lincence . Citation for use: Mazor, T., Watermeyer, K., Hobley, T., Grinter, V., Holden, R., MacDonald, K. and Ferns, L. (2023). Statewide Marine Habitat Map. Habitat Complex Modelling Method (CBiCS Level 3). The State of Victoria Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action. 

Classification

Unclassified  

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY)

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• License Text

Other Dataset Details

Date ( Revision )

2023-02-02

Date ( Publication )

2023-11-28T16:34:15

Status

Completed  

Purpose

The statewide marine habitat map provides broad habitat complexes across the state and provides greater knowledge of the ecological diversity across Victoria¿s waters. The map should be used at broad scales of >25 m, and where information of larger habitat complexes is needed. This work can support the management of large-scale habitats, their condition, marine spatial planning, strategic management prospect (SMP), FeAST risk assessments, and other broad scale applications to support management decisions across Victoria. The state habitat map addresses the Marine & Coastal Strategy 2022, building knowledge to improve the condition and ecological connectivity of habitats, and protecting Victoria¿s environment - Biodiversity 2037, improving our knowledge of habitats and their extent to support their protection and restoration. 

Supplemental Information

Related Documents: None 

Maintenance and update frequency

As needed  

Maintenance date ( Publication )

2023-02-01T01:09:51

Spatial

Spatial representation type

Vector  

Description

General - Victoria 

Reference system identifier

4283

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S

E

W

Temporal

Begin date

2023-01-23 

End date

2023-01-23 

Quality

Conceptual Consistency

Not applicable 

Missing Data

Victoria's marine environment and coastal habitats. Some small data gaps as a relict of the modelling process and availability of environmental predictor data. Completeness Verification: Habitat distribution model prediction using random forest machine learning tools from 32,998 ground-truthed habitat records and other digitised compiled datasets. 

Excess Data

Classified to Level 3 Habitat Complexes within the Combined Biotope Classification Scheme (CBICs) 

Attribute Quality

Modelled estimatation of habitat disribution using best available data up to 2021 see report. 

Positional Accuracy

Modelled to coordinate system: VICGRID94 Due to modelling and digitisation uncertainties the maps should be used at broad scales of over 25m for decision making. Scale range on CoastKit available at 1:100.000 

Lineage

Statement

Dataset Source: PPB Habitat model 2021 provides an updated broad-scale habitat map across Port Phillip Bay, which has applied new machine learning techniques Previous mapping of Port Phillip Bay has provided insight into habitats across the region, with the latest map produced in 2016 (Edmunds & Flynn 2018). Since then, additional benthic survey data and data on environmental predictors has developed which increases the capacity to improve model habitat distributions and extent. The Open Coast statewide marine habitat map (excluding PPB) developed by Deakin Marine Mapping lab using a range of techniques including digitisation of polygons and has been compiled using a compilatiom of various datasets including Boon et al. (2011). Deakin Marine Mapping (Young M et al, 2018). GeoHab Victoria Estuaries Geomorphology (2010). Deakin Marine Mapping (Zavalas, R et al. 2018), DELWP wetlands (1994), Monk et al 2011, Roob and Ball (1997), Ford et al 2016, Edmunds and Flynn (2015), Blake and Ball (2001), Poore (1992), Cohen et al (2000). The map has later been reclassified to CBICS habitat classification scheme at broad-scale level 2 and 3. Dataset Originality: Primary & Derived 

Attributes

Column Name	Obligation	Unique	Data Type	Data Length	Data Precision	Data Scale	Reference Table Owner	Reference Table Name	Reference Table Code Column Name	Short Column Name	Definition
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HAB3_BIOTIC_ID	O	N	VARCHAR2	100						HAB3BIOID
HAB3_BIOTIC_LABEL	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						HAB3BIOLBL
LOC_NAME	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						LOC_NAME
SAMPLE_REF	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						SAMPLE_REF
GEOM_SRID	O	N	NUMBER	22		0				GEOM_SRID
HAB3_BIOTIC_CODE	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						HAB3BIOCDE
HAB3_BIOTIC_TITLE	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						HAB3BIOTTL
INSTRUMENT_TYPE	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						INSTRM_TYP
OBJ_TYPE	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						OBJ_TYPE
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SITE_TYPE	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						SITE_TYPE
PERSON_SUP	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						PERSON_SUP
ORGANISATION	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						ORG
PERSON_OBS	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						PERSON_OBS
OBJ_DIR	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						OBJ_DIR
TIME_OFFSET	O	N	NUMBER	22	38	8				TIME_OFFST
SE_ANNO_CAD_DATA	O	N	BLOB	4000						SEANNOCAD
BIOTIC_CODE	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						BIOTC_CDE
OBJ_DATA_TYPE	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						OBJDATTYP
BIOTIC_TITLE	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						BIOT_TTL
SITE_POS_TYPE	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						SIT_POSTYP
CREATED	O	N	DATE	7						CREATED
EVENT_NAME	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						EVENT_NAME
METHOD	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						METHOD
PROJ_LABEL	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						PROJ_LABEL
ACCESS_	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						ACCESS_
DISTANCE_XYZ	O	N	NUMBER	22	38	8				DIST_XYZ
IMAGE_REF	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						IMAGE_REF
PROJ_NAME	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						PROJ_NAME
BIOTIC_LEVEL	O	N	NUMBER	22		0				BIOT_LVL
IMG_TIME	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						IMG_TIME
MODIFIED	O	N	DATE	7						MODIFIED
INSTRUMENT_NAME	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						INSTRM_NM
PROJ_CODE	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						PROJ_CODE
IS_PROTECTED	O	N	NUMBER	22	5	0				IS_PROTECT
COMMENT_	O	N	VARCHAR2	1000						COMMENT_
BIOTIC_LABEL	O	N	VARCHAR2	255						BIOT_LBL
ID	O	N	VARCHAR2	100						ID

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