Leschenault Estuary Seagrass Survey - Points (DWER-104)

Published by Department of Water and Environmental Regulation

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Leschenault Estuary was surveyed in April 2009, February 2015, February and March 2016, February 2017, February and March 2018, February 2019, February and March 2020, February 2021, February and March 2022, and February and March 2023. Seagrass species distribution and cover (as percentage cover in categories: 0, 0-10%, 10-25%, 25-50%, 50-75%, 75-90%, 90-100%), epiphytic cover (as none, low, medium or high) and macroalgae cover (as percentage cover in categories: 0, 0-10%, 10-25%, 25-50%, 50-75%, 75-90%, 90-100%) were recorded at each site. At approximately a third of the sites, physical water profiles, secchi depth and photosynthetically active radiation (euphotic depth) were conducted from 2018 onwards. When observation locations were inaccessible by boat, sites were accessed from kayaks paired with drone imagery which was used to make observations. The datasets making up the Leschenault seagrass survey data are: Leschenault_Seagrass - point dataset Leschenault_Seagass_Extent - polygon showing presence/absence derived from points Leschenault_Seagrass_Cover -polygon showing percentage cover derived from points Layers: Leschenault_Seagrass_Apr_2009 - Leschenault_Seagrass points where Year = '2009' Leschenault_Seagrass_Feb_2015 - Leschenault_Seagrass points where Year = '2015' Leschenault_Seagrass_Feb_2016 - Leschenault_Seagrass points where Year = '2016' Leschenault_Seagrass_Feb_2017 - Leschenault_Seagrass points where Year = '2017' Leschenault_Seagrass_Feb_2018 - Leschenault_Seagrass points where Year = '2018' Leschenault_Seagrass_Feb_2019 - Leschenault_Seagrass points where Year = '2019' Leschenault_Seagrass_Feb_2020 - Leschenault_Seagrass points where Year = '2020' Leschenault_Seagrass_Feb_2021 - Leschenault_Seagrass points where Year = '2021' Leschenault_Seagrass_Feb_2022 - Leschenault_Seagrass points where Year = '2022' Leschenault_Seagrass_Feb_2023 - Leschenault_Seagrass points where Year = '2023' Leschenault_Seagrass_Extent_Apr_2009 - Leschenault_Seagrass_Extent where Year = '2009' Leschenault_Seagrass_Extent_Feb_2015 - Leschenault_Seagrass_Extent where Year = '2015' Leschenault_Seagrass_Extent_Feb_2016 - Leschenault_Seagrass_Extent where Year = '2016' Leschenault_Seagrass_Extent_Feb_2017 - Leschenault_Seagrass_Extent where Year = '2017' Leschenault_Seagrass_Extent_Feb_2018 - Leschenault_Seagrass_Extent where Year = '2018' Leschenault_Seagrass_Extent_Feb_2019 - Leschenault_Seagrass_Extent where Year = '2019' Leschenault_Seagrass_Extent_Feb_2020 - Leschenault_Seagrass_Extent where Year = '2020' Leschenault_Seagrass_Extent_Feb_2021 - Leschenault_Seagrass_Extent where Year = '2021' Leschenault_Seagrass_Extent_Feb_2022 - Leschenault_Seagrass_Extent where Year = '2022' Leschenault_Seagrass_Extent_Feb_2023 - Leschenault_Seagrass_Extent where Year = '2023' Leschenault_Seagrass_Cover_Apr_2009 - Leschenault_Seagrass_Cover where Year = '2009' Leschenault_Seagrass_Cover_Feb_2015 - Leschenault_Seagrass_Cover where Year = '2015' Leschenault_Seagrass_Cover_Feb_2016 - Leschenault_Seagrass_Cover where Year = '2016' Leschenault_Seagrass_Cover_Feb_2017 - Leschenault_Seagrass_Cover where Year = '2017' Leschenault_Seagrass_Cover_Feb_2018 - Leschenault_Seagrass_Cover where Year = '2018' Leschenault_Seagrass_Cover_Feb_2019 - Leschenault_Seagrass_Cover where Year = '2019' Leschenault_Seagrass_Cover_Feb_2020 - Leschenault_Seagrass_Cover where Year = '2020' Leschenault_Seagrass_Cover_Feb_2020 - Leschenault_Seagrass_Cover where Year = '2021' Leschenault_Seagrass_Cover_Feb_2020 - Leschenault_Seagrass_Cover where Year = '2022' Leschenault_Seagrass_Cover_Feb_2020 - Leschenault_Seagrass_Cover where Year = '2023'

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Licence
Custom (Active Acceptance)
Last Updated
10 Mar 2026
Created
21 Feb 2022
Update Frequency
Yearly
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Dublin Core Metadata

Publisher
Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
Creator
Geospatial and Data Services Manager
Type
Dataset
Language
en
Rights
Custom (Active Acceptance)
Spatial Coverage
Western Australia, Australia
Temporal Coverage
21 Feb 2022 – 10 Mar 2026
Related Resources
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/9628a8be-8f39-46b8-96e4-14488d5b1df4/resource/e1136ca6-b47b-45b3-b760-a2eee8f4b808/download/gda2020_db.gisdba.seagrass_leschenault_dwer.met.txt, https://data-downloads.slip.wa.gov.au/DWER-104/Geopackage, https://data-downloads.slip.wa.gov.au/DWER-104/GeoJSON, https://data-downloads.slip.wa.gov.au/DWER-104/Shapefile, https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/9628a8be-8f39-46b8-96e4-14488d5b1df4/resource/ed0308e6-a271-4b16-94bd-db480f9d46e4/download/dwer_datawa-active-acceptance-licence-agreement.pdf
Subjects
Biota, Estuary, Flora, Seagrass

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