Mission Beach - Habitat quality, canopy cover, tenure type (6 months after cyclone Larry), 2006 (MTSRF 4.9.3, JCU)
- Between 01/01/2006 - 00:00 and 31/12/2006 - 00:00
This dataset consists of an atlas of the habitat quality of the urbanized and agricultural landscapes of the Mission beach region in August 2006, 6 months after cyclone Larry. This analysis and classification includes habitat quality, canopy cover, vegetation quality, vegetation types, tenure type and aerial photography at a resolution of 0.5m.
These maps of habitat quality highlight potential priority areas for maintenance and/or restoration of connectivity and is a tool for natural resource managers to implement restoration goals at Mission beach.
All the PDF maps for this atlas can be accessed from the "Mission Beach - Habitat Quality Atlas page".
https://eatlas.org.au/mission-beach_jcu_habitat-quality-2006_atlas
This work was undertaken as part of MTSRF Project 4.9.3. The remote sensing analyses used a novel computerized Anaglyph technique for stereoscopic classification of aerial photographs flown 6 months after Category 4 cyclone Larry. Vegetation polygons of canopy cover and vegetation type were digitized. GIS-based rapid assessment of habitat quality combined vegetation quality with remnant area or riparian width, an analysis providing an excellent surrogate of field-determined habitat quality in rural areas unaffected by cyclones. Field-truthing of the remotely sensed data at 44 sites in coastal Mission beach included rapid transect assessments of vegetation structure, disturbance and microclimate parameters. Repeated bird surveys over 2 years provided an indicator of faunal habitat quality.
Data Units:
Each map consists of a 1 km x 1 km section of the Mission beach region with the following classifications:
* Habitat Quality: Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor, Very Poor, Cleared
* Percentage Canopy Cover
* Shape/Size index
* Vegetation Quality Index: Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor, Very Poor, Cleared
* Vegetation Types: Rainforest, Sclerophyll Rainforest, Sclerophyll Open Forest, Sclerophyll Woodland, Sclerophyll Open Woodland, Melaleuca Woodland, Melaleuca Swamp Open Forest, Melaleuca Swamp Woodland, Melaleuca Swamp Open Woodland, Grassland, Beach Ridge & Swale, Mangrove, Samphire, Plantation, Cleared
* Aerial Photography (0.5 m resolution)
* Tenure: Freehold Land, Reserve State Lease, State Land
References:
- Goosem, M., Habitat quality and potential improvements to connectivity in the Mission Beach area, MTSRF Conference 2010
- Goosem, Miriam, Dr
School of Earth and Environmental Science, James Cook University (JCU)
miriam.goosem1@jcu.edu.au
- Pohlman, Catherine, PhD
School of Earth and Environmental Science, James Cook University (JCU)
catherine.pohlman@jcu.edu.au - Searle, Les
School of Earth and Environmental Science, James Cook University (JCU)
les.searle@jcu.edu.au
- Goosem, Miriam, Dr
School of Earth and Environmental Science, James Cook University (JCU)
miriam.goosem1@jcu.edu.au
- Mission Beach - Habitat Quality Atlas page
- Bureau of Meteorology - Severe Tropical Cyclone Larry
- RRRC: Project 4.9.3 - Impacts of urbanisation on North Queensland environments: management and remediation
- Goosem, M., Habitat quality and potential improvements to connectivity in the Mission Beach area, MTSRF Conference 2010 [PDF 2.8 MB]
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