Abstract

Aggregated Australian species occurrence data from 1900 to the present using a suite of facets of most importance for environmental assessments. Occurrence records were aggregated and organised by the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA, https://ala.org.au/) and include survey and monitoring data collected and managed by the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS, https://imos.org.au/) and the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN, https://tern.org.au/).

Data from these infrastructures and other sources have been organised here as a national public-access dataset.

For more information visit: https://ecoassets.org.au/data/aggregated-data-australian-species-occurrences/

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26197/ala.1a721c5f-577b-4e90-b00d-27e9e7cbc3f6

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Document digital

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English

Dataset URI

https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/5cdaa1a1-d394-4fe8-b205-c75d47613059

Purpose

This dataset serves as a standardised snapshot of Australian biodiversity occurrence data from which many indicator datasets can more readily be derived (see Has Derivation entries below). Grouping records from this dataset supports comparisons between the number of occurrence records for different regions and/or time periods and/or categories of species and occurrence data. Grouped counts of this kind may serve as useful indications of variation and change across the dimensions compared. Note however that such counts may not accurately reflect real differences in biodiversity. It is important to consider confounding factors (particularly variations in recording effort over time). Grouping all records by a single facet (e.g. IBRA region) may help to expose such factors.

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On going

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Metadata date

2023-08-22T01:42:27.505475

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