WA Marine Futures Project - reef habitat

The Marine Futures Project was designed to benchmark the current status of key Western Australian marine ecosystems, based on an improved understanding of the relationship between marine habitats, biodiversity and our use of these values. Approximately 1,500 km2 of seafloor were mapped using hydroacoustics (Reson 8101 Multibeam), and expected benthic habitats "ground-truthed" using towed video transects and baited remote underwater video systems. Both sources of information were then combined in a spatial predictive modelling framework to produce fine-scale habitat maps showing the extent of substrate types, biotic formations, etc.This project record provides linkage to each of metadata records describing data collected from the 9 study areas: Abrolhos Islands, Broke Inlet, Geographe Bay, Jurien Bay, Middle Island, Mount Gardner, Point Ann, Rottnest Island, and Southwest Capes. To access the source datasets from each study site in their original (unaggregated) form, see child records linked to this parent record.

本海洋未来项目（Marine Futures Project）旨在基于对海洋生境、生物多样性与人类利用此类生态资源之间关系的深化认知，对西澳大利亚州重点海洋生态系统的当前现状开展基准评估。研究团队采用Reson 8101多波束水声勘测系统，对约1500平方千米的海底进行了测绘，并通过拖曳视频样带与诱饵式远程水下视频系统，对预期底栖生境开展实地校验。随后将两类数据源整合至空间预测建模框架中，生成可展示底质类型、生物群落结构等分布范围的高精度生境分布图。本项目记录可链接至描述9处研究区域所采集数据的全部元数据记录，研究区域包括：阿布洛霍斯群岛、布罗克湾、乔治湾、朱里恩湾、米德尔岛、加德纳山、安角、罗特内斯特岛以及西南岬群。如需获取各研究站点未经聚合的原始格式源数据集，请参阅与本父记录关联的子记录。