Biologically Important Areas

dataset: BIOLOGICALLY_IMPORTANT_AREAS
Biologically Important Area data are spatially defined areas where aggregations of individuals of a regionally significant species are known to display biologically important behaviours such as breeding, foraging, resting or migration. This layer was originally produced by the Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, 2015), and has been cropped to Victoria's state boundaries, and queried for temperate east marine regions (SEMR- south east marine region).
 
Citation proposal Citation proposal
(2022)

Biologically Important Areas

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
 

Description

Title
Biologically Important Areas 
Alternate title
BIOLOGICALLY_IMPORTANT_AREAS 
Resource Type
Dataset  
Supplemental Information
Related Documents: None 
Status
Completed  
 
 

Temporal

Time period
2011-05-042016-01-04 
 
 

Spatial

Spatial representation type
Vector  
Code
4283 
Description
General - Victoria 
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Maintenance

Maintenance and update frequency
As needed  
 
 

Format

 
 

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Keywords

Topic category
  • Society
  • Oceans
 
 

Resource Constraints

Use limitation
General 
Classification
Unclassified  
 
 

Lineage

Statement
Dataset Source: The BIA spatial data was captured via discussions and workshops with numerous species experts and/or through projects with key scientists. Each polygon was validated for spatial consistency using the scientific knowledge of the species along with comprehensive feedback provided by the experts. While the polygons are not comprehensive nor represent absolute limits they represent the biologically important areas that have been identified to date. With further research, other important areas may be identified and/or the area identified in this data may be refined. In 2015 new information was gathered for the Blue Whale Conservation Plan. The aim of the detailed attribute information is to provide details about the data that cannot be spatially defined such as source information. Dataset Originality: Derived 
 
 

Metadata Constraints

Classification
Unclassified  
 
 

Quality

Attribute Quality
Comments
All captured features have been populated for report title, year of the report, Coastal Board region, unique identifier assigned to report, link that allows the report to be directly referenced, and link to source website page. 
Positional Accuracy
Comments
Spatial accuracy is based on the adminstrative units or source boundaries usd to depict boundaries, which includes a nominal buffer. 
Conceptual Consistency
Comments
Validation for consistency and completeness for all items. 
Missing Data
Comments
complete Completeness Verification: complete 
Excess Data
Comments
complete 
 
 

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