[SUPERSEDED] Victorian Benthic Habitats - Western Port Bay (CBICS)

Hard coral cover and composition Seagrass cover and composition Macroalgal canopy cover and composition Invertebrate abundance and distribution

This dataset has been superseded by https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/0145df96-3847-474b-8b63-a66f0e03ff54 (Victorian Statewide Marine Habitat Map 2023).

The Victorian Benthic Habitats - Western Port Bay (CBICS) is a synthesis of all existing benthic habitat characterisations of the embayment which have been reclassified to conform to the Combined Biotope Classification Scheme (CBiCS).

Base layers for the synthesised dataset were sourced from data provided by: Marine and Freshwater Resources Institute, Queenscliff, Victoria Institute for Sustainability and Innovation, Victoria University, Melbourne. Parks Victoria, Victorian Government Deakin University, Victoria Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victorian Government

Data and resources

SHAPE-ZIP

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SeamapAus_VIC_WPB_biotopes

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SeamapAus_VIC_WPB_biotopes

MAP - Western Port Bay biotopes

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Original metadata record [Deakin University catalogue]

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Additional information

Temporal extent	2011-11-02 – 2012-01-13
Date (creation)	2017-05-03
Date (publication)	2017-09-25
Status	superseded
Update frequency	continual
Metadata language	en
License	DATA NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION PURPOSES.
Source metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-11-05
Created	2026-11-05
API	package_show