AA8612BCAA0B7716E0530101007FC3CAEnglishData Requests OfficerDepartment of Lands, Planning and EnvironmentGeospatial Services Unit (on behalf of department)Datarequests.DLPE@nt.gov.au2020-07-17AS/NZS ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata, ANZLIC Metadata Profile1.0Benthic Communities of the Gunn Point Peninsula, 20202020-07-17This polygon spatial dataset describes the benthic habitats likely to occur in marine environments around Gunn Point Peninsula and informs the desktop assessment of the marine biodiversity values for the region. The benthic habitats are inferred from existing information but in most cases require further data collection to validate and refine. Habitat modelling forms the basis of benthic community value assessment for Shoal Bay (Galaiduk et al. 2019). The accompanying report Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Assessment of the Gunn Point Area (2020) forms part of the Mapping the Future Project - Gunn Point. This project has identified land capability, water availability and biodiversity values to support land planning and inform development potential over the Gunn Point area. Reports and maps can be viewed from the webpage: https://denr.nt.gov.au/land-resource-management/development-opportunities - Development Potential of the Gunn Point Area (2020) - Biodiversity Assessment of the Gunn Point Area (2020) - Groundwater Resources of the Gunn Point Area (2020) - Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Assessment of the Gunn Point Area (2020) - Soil and Land Resources of the Gunn Point Area (2020) - Soil and Land Suitability Assessment for Irrigated Agriculture in the Gunn Point Area (2017) - Vegetation Communities of the Gunn Point Area (2020)The benthic habitats are inferred from existing information but in most cases require further data collection to validate and refine. Download the spatial data package (contains spatial data, maps and reports) via https://data.nt.gov.au/ You are licensed to use the DENR geospatial products on the terms and conditions set out in: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC BY 4.0) at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode If you do not agree to the terms and conditions you must not use the geospatial products. You are free to copy, communicate and adapt the licensed material, provided that you abide by the licence terms (including Attribution) and attribute the licensed material using the statement: Supplied by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Copyright Northern Territory Government.English-12.2602820260645-11.7733116576846130.883747427884131.3306357416222020-07-17datasetnot knownComplete0not knownPolygons are single part.0not knownThe benthic habitats are inferred from existing information but in most cases require further data collection to validate and refine0not knownAttribute values are assigned to each polygon and described in the Data Dictionary below. The attribute naming format uses 10 characters with no spaces to be suitable for an ESRI shape-file format. An alias attribute name is applied to an ESRI file geo-database format. 0Polygon data were derived by applying depth - epibenthic community relationships identified in the Darwin-Bynoe and Weddell habitat mapping programs ((Galaiduk et al. 2019, Nichols et al 2019, Siwabessy et al 2019, Smit et al 2012) to collated bathymetric data. metadata data dataset: Bathymetry around Gunn Point peninsula, metadata record: http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/metadata/export_data?type=html&metadata_id=AA9AE89041522E9EE0530101007FE77C No new data was collected for this desktop assessment. The benthic habitats are inferred from existing information but in most cases require further data collection to validate and refine. Habitat modelling forms the basis of benthic community value assessment for Shoal Bay (Galaiduk et al. 2019, Nichols et al 2019, Siwabessy et al 2019). For the remaining area, important environmental drivers identified in the Darwin-Bynoe habitat mapping program (Galaiduk et al. 2019, Nichols et al 2019, Siwabessy et al 2019) and other published information (e.g. Smit et al 2012) were used to inform the potential spatial distribution of marine habitats (excluding mangroves). In particular, depth - epibenthic community relationships from habitat modelling results were used to determine upper and lower depth ranges for seven marine habitats.