NESP MBH A12: Australia’s Northern Seascape project

Data associated with outputs from the final report of the NESP MBH A12 report "Distribution and habitat suitability of Threatened and Migratory Marine Species in Northern Australia". The North Marine Bioregion is home to a diversity of threatened and data-poor marine species. In the absence of critical data on species’ distributions, population connectivity, and essential habitat, decision-making to progress the current ‘Developing the North’ agenda has the potential to negatively impact Matters of National Environmental Significance. Data compiled across multiple sources were used to model and map the distribution of 16 priority Threatened and Migratory marine species. The objective of the project was to improve the current data-poor species distribution maps held by DAWE to assist with policy decisions for these species. We used a spatial distribution modelling approach based on presence data for these species from 121 spatial datasets and associated, remotely sensed environmental variables. The output is a series of distribution maps to enhance decision-makers’ ability to assess potential impacts of development proposals in Northern Australia under the EPBC Act.本数据集关联NESP MBH A12最终报告《澳大利亚北部受威胁与洄游海洋物种的分布及栖息地适宜性》的相关产出。 北海洋生物区（North Marine Bioregion）栖息着多种受威胁及数据匮乏的海洋物种。由于缺乏物种分布、种群连通性及关键栖息地的关键数据，推进当前"北部发展"议程的决策，有可能对国家环境意义事项造成负面影响。 本研究整合多源数据，对16种优先关注的受威胁与洄游海洋物种的分布进行建模与制图。本项目的目标是优化澳大利亚农业、水资源与环境部（DAWE）现有的数据匮乏物种分布地图，以辅助针对这些物种的政策决策。我们基于来自121个空间数据集的该类物种出现数据，以及配套的遥感环境变量，采用空间分布建模方法开展研究。本次研究产出一系列分布地图，以提升决策者依据《1999年环境保护与生物多样性保护法》（EPBC Act）评估澳大利亚北部开发提案潜在影响的能力。