Queensland - National Intertidal-Subtidal Benthic NISB Habitat Map (PLUS)

The NISB Habitat Map was created by the University of Tasmania for a partnership between the Department of Climate Change and the National Land and Water Resources Audit. It supports the DCC/Audit partnership by providing a nationally consistent set of the available mapping data for those habitats that occur between the approximate position of the highest astronomical tide mark (HAT) and the location of the outer limit of the photic benthic zone (approximately at the 50-70 m depth contour). This area is broadly equivalent to the 'inner' and 'mid-shelf' regions identified by Geoscience Australia. The resulting map data set forms a core component of the ECM National Habitat Map Series. The habitat classes include: coral reef, rock dominated habitat, sediment dominated habitat, mangroves, saltmarsh, seagrass, macroalgae and filter feeders (e.g. sponges), as defined in the NISB Habitat Classification Scheme. The scheme is designed to support the development of marine 'ecoregions' or bioregional subregions. Details of the scheme and the process of its development are available in National Intertidal/Subtidal Benthic (NISB) Habitat Classification Scheme Version 1 (Mount, Bricher and Newton, 2007). The NISB Habitat Map consists of two layers for each state. _NISB.shp consists of the entire available habitat mapping at a resolution finer than 1:50 000 (with a few exceptions, outlined in the data quality section below). _NISB_PLUS.shp consists of all the data in _NISB.shp along with coarser resolution data, including NVIS and OzEstuaries data. These layers were used to produce the National ECM Key Habitat Distribution Map Series 10 km and 50 km tile maps.Note: This data is labelled as “NISB_plus”, indicating that it is the NISB Habitat layer plus other lower quality layers.

NISB生境地图由塔斯马尼亚大学为澳大利亚气候变化部与国家土地与水资源审计署的合作项目编制。
该地图为DCC/审计署合作项目提供支撑，提供了一套全国统一的现有生境制图数据，覆盖范围大致介于最高天文潮位（Highest Astronomical Tide, HAT）与透光底栖带外缘（大致对应50~70米等深线）之间。
该区域大致对应澳大利亚地质科学局（Geoscience Australia）划定的“内陆架”与“中陆架”区域。
最终生成的制图数据集是ECM全国生境地图系列的核心组成部分。
生境分类参照NISB生境分类体系，涵盖珊瑚礁、以岩石为主的生境、以沉积物为主的生境、红树林、盐沼、海草、大型藻类以及滤食性生物（如海绵）等类别。
该分类体系旨在支撑海洋“生态区”或生物区域亚区的划定工作。
该体系及其编制流程的详细信息可查阅《国家潮间带/潮下带底栖生境分类体系（National Intertidal/Subtidal Benthic, NISB）第1版》（Mount、Bricher与Newton，2007年）。
NISB生境地图按各州分为两个图层。
_NISB.shp包含所有可用的生境制图数据，分辨率优于1:50000（少数例外情况详见下文的数据质量章节）。
_NISB_PLUS.shp则包含_NISB.shp的全部数据，以及分辨率更低的补充数据，其中包括NVIS与OzEstuaries数据集。
上述两个图层被用于制作全国ECM重点生境分布地图系列的10千米与50千米分幅地图。
注：该数据标注为"NISB_plus"，意为其包含NISB生境图层与其他低精度图层。