Great Sandy Marine Park benthic habitat 2019

An indicative map of the various benthic (sea floor) habitats that occur in the Great Sandy Marine Park (GSMP) was developed in 2019 to support a comprehensive review of the GSMP zoning plan and day to day management of the marine park. GSMP is a Queensland state marine park that extends from Baffle Creek in the north to Double Island Point in the south and includes the tidal waters of Hervey Bay, the Great Sandy Strait and Tin Can Bay and waters seaward to three nautical miles.The habitat map was the outcome of a benthic habitat mapping project in the initial stages of the zoning plan review, that applied the Queensland intertidal and subtidal ecosystem classification scheme to identify and map the marine park’s habitat types.The marine park’s habitat types were derived from “The intertidal and subtidal habitat mapping for Central Queensland” dataset which provides seascape scale ecosystem mapping for Central Queensland state waters extending from the mouth of the Fitzroy River down to Double Island Point. Each ecosystem type is based on information about eight biophysical attributes that drive ecosystem type: benthic depth, inundation, energy magnitude, consolidation, substrate composition, sediment texture, terrain morphology and structural macrobiota. For further information about this dataset see the Wetlandinfo website https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/An expert panel was convened to assist GSMP project staff in identifying a broad list of ecological attributes or characteristics and the different combinations of these, that would most likely determine the types of benthic habitats likely to occur in GSMP. These were further refined to identify marine park habitat types specifically for marine park management. The final marine park typology and map of 23 habitat types, was refined throughout the zoning plan review process due to newly available data, expert input and local knowledge.View the original metadata record at https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/viewMetadataDetails.page?uuid=%7BCA73B01A-1391-4701-98CB-B72E5FB54845%7D

2019年，为支撑大沙海洋公园（Great Sandy Marine Park，GSMP）分区规划的全面评估以及该海洋公园的日常管理，项目组编制了该公园内各类底栖（benthic，即海底）生境的指示性地图。
GSMP为昆士兰州级海洋公园，北起巴夫勒溪（Baffle Creek），南至双岛角（Double Island Point），涵盖赫维湾（Hervey Bay）、大沙海峡（Great Sandy Strait）与廷坎湾（Tin Can Bay）的潮汐水域，以及向海延伸3海里的海域。
该生境地图源自分区规划评估初期开展的底栖生境测绘项目，项目采用昆士兰州潮间带（intertidal）与潮下带（subtidal）生态系统分类方案，对该海洋公园的生境类型进行识别与制图。
该海洋公园的生境类型源自《昆士兰州中部潮间带与潮下带生境测绘》数据集，该数据集为从菲茨罗伊河（Fitzroy River）河口向南延伸至双岛角的昆士兰州中部海域提供了海景尺度的生态系统测绘成果。
每一类生态系统类型均基于8项驱动生态系统形成的生物物理属性信息：底栖水深、淹没状态、能量强度、固结程度、底质组成、沉积物纹理、地形地貌以及大型结构生物群落（structural macrobiota）。
如需获取该数据集的更多信息，请访问湿地信息网（Wetlandinfo）：https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/
项目组建了专家委员会，协助GSMP项目团队梳理出一系列最可能决定GSMP内底栖生境类型的生态属性或特征及其不同组合形式。
后续对该清单进行了细化，最终确定了专门服务于海洋公园管理的专属生境类型。
最终形成的包含23类生境类型的海洋公园分类体系与地图，在分区规划评估过程中，依据新获取的数据、专家意见与本土知识进行了多轮优化。
如需查看原始元数据记录，请访问：https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/viewMetadataDetails.page?uuid=%7BCA73B01A-1391-4701-98CB-B72E5FB54845%7D