Developments in mapping of seabed habitats for Marine Protected Area planning and monitoring

Author

Jordan, Alan ; Davies, Peter ; Ingleton, Tim ; Mesley, Edwina ; Neilson, Joe ; Pritchard, Tim

Author_Institution

New South Wales Dept. of Environ., Climate Change & Water, Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

2010

fDate

24-27 May 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

To date a total area of approximately 275 km² of continental shelf waters within the Solitary Islands Marine Park and adjacent waters has been swath mapped. This data, combined with maps of shallow reefs digitised from aerial photos, underwater video surveys and Geographical Information System (GIS) analysis is used to create a number of spatial products such as digital elevation models (with analysis of slope and rugosity), vector based seabed habitat maps and spatially-linked data on macro-benthic floral and faunal assemblages.

Keywords

digital elevation models; geographic information systems; photogrammetry; seawater; Geographical Information System analysis; Marine Park; Solitary Islands; aerial photos; continental shelf waters; digital elevation models; faunal assemblage; macrobenthic floral assemblage; marine protected area monitoring; marine protected area planning; rugosity; seabed habitat maps; shallow reefs; spatial products; underwater video surveys; Acoustics; Backscatter; Biology; Communities; Ecosystems; Planning; Sediments;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2010 IEEE - Sydney

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5221-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5222-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANSSYD.2010.5603890

Filename

5603890