20240823 15584300 1.0 TRUE 002 2C7262F5-9D26-45CB-8382-53A759D78F67 dataset Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Marine Data Manager 02 6274 1111 02 6274 1666 GPO Box 3090 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia geospatial@dcceew.gov.au https://www.dcceew.gov.au 20120810 ANZLIC Metadata Profile 1.1 Feature Class Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (02) 6274 1111 (02) 6274 1333 GPO Box 3090 CANBERRA ACT 2601 Australia geospatial@dcceew.gov.au https://www.dcceew.gov.au Shapefile 1 withheld 003 https://www.dcceew.gov.au 002 Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.8.1.14362 Feature Class 1 134.630660 134.630660 -26.146313 -36.317288 1 134.630660 134.630660 -26.146313 -36.317288 1 The Bioregional Profile identifies a number of ecological features that are of conservation value because of the role they play in the environment of the South-west Marine Region. Key ecological features meet one or more of the following criteria: 1. a species, group of species, or a community with a regionally important ecological role (e.g. a predator, prey that affects a large biomass or number of other marine species); 2. a species, group of species, or a community that is nationally or regionally important for biodiversity; 3. an area or habitat that is nationally or regionally important for: a) enhanced or high productivity (such as predictable upwellings - an upwelling occurs when cold nutrient-rich waters from the bottom of the ocean rise to the surface); b) aggregations of marine life (such as feeding, resting, breeding or nursery areas); c) biodiversity and endemism (species which only occur in a specific area); or 4. a unique seafloor feature, with known or presumed ecological properties of regional significance. Key ecological features have been identified by the Australian Government on the basis of advice from scientists about the ecological processes and characteristics of the area. A workshop held in Perth in September 2006 also contributed to this scientific advice and helped to underpin the identification of key ecological features. Sixteen KEFs have been identified in the South-west Marine Region: 1. Commonwealth marine environment surrounding the Houtman Abrolhos Islands 2. Perth Canyon and adjacent shelf break, and other west coast canyons 3. Commonwealth marine environment within and adjacent to the west coast inshore lagoons 4. Commonwealth marine environment within and adjacent to Geographe Bay 5. Cape Mentelle upwelling 6. Naturaliste Plateau 7. Diamantina Fracture Zone 8. Albany Canyons group and adjacent shelf break 9. Commonwealth marine environment surrounding the Recherche Archipelago 10. Ancient coastline at 90-120 m depth 11. Kangaroo Island Pool, canyons and adjacent shelf break, and Eyre Peninsula upwellings. 12. Meso-scale eddies (points). 13. Western demersal slope and associated fish communities. 14. Western rock lobster. 15. Benthic invertebrate communities of the eastern Great Australian Bight. No spatial representation available. 16. Small pelagic fish of the South-west Marine Region. No spatial representation available. In order to create a spatial representation of KEFs for the South-west Marine Region, some interpretation of the information was required. DSEWPaC has made every effort to use the best available spatial information, and best judgement on how to spatially represent the features based on the scientific advice provided. This does not preclude others from making their own interpretation of available information. None Data is available on request. 1 Key Ecological Features (points) MARINE_SDE.Key_Ecological_Features_pts 20071001 20110301 ISOCW0501005275 Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Marine Data Manager 02 6274 1111 02 6274 1666 GPO Box 3090 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia geospatial@dcceew.gov.au https://www.dcceew.gov.au Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Metadata Publisher (02) 6274 1111 (02) 6274 1333 GPO Box 3090 CANBERRA ACT 2601 Australia geospatial@dcceew.gov.au https://www.dcceew.gov.au Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Marine Data Manager 02 6274 1111 02 6274 1666 GPO Box 3090 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia geospatial@dcceew.gov.au https://www.dcceew.gov.au MARINE_Planning MARINE_Conservation MARINE_Biodiversity ANZLIC Search Words 20080515 Version 2.1 20080515 1000000 published externally The Key Ecological Features point layer was created by digitising the areas identified in workshops and discussions held with relevant scientific experts as part of the development of the Bioregional Profile for the South-west Marine Planning Region. Key Ecological Features - South-west Marine Planning Region (c) Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, 2011 20000101 ERIN Check 20000101 The points are indicative only of the area of each Key Ecological Feature. 1 ERIN Check 20000101 Attributes are as used in the South-west Bioregional Profile. 1 ERIN Check 20000101 The Key Ecological Features layer in this dataset represent the features identified in the South-west Bioregional Profile. 1 ERIN Check 20000101 Spatial and attribute data is complete for South-west marine planning region. 1 1 GCS_GDA_1994 EPSG 9.8(3.0.1) SHAPE REGION String 30 0 0 Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. Shape OBJECTID_1 OID 4 10 0 Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. REGION URL_LINK String 254 0 0 Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. URL_LINK NAME String 130 0 0 Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. NAME OBJECTID Double 8 10 0 Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Key_Ecological_Features_pts Feature Class 1 OBJECTID Shape Geometry 4 0 0 Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features.