Dataset
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Aerial Survey of Waterbirds in Eastern Australia

Aerial survey of waterbirds and wetlands in eastern Australia. All waterbird species in ten 30 km wide survey bands are counted, on waterbodies >1ha in size; ; Project was initiated by CSIRO and NSW NPWS and jointly funded by State wildlife agencies of Vic, Qld, SA and NSW. From 2005 project management was transferred to the University of New South Wales.

Data and Resources

  • Data Quality Statement PDF

    DQS - Aerial Survey of Waterbirds in Eastern Australia

  • NSW Atlas of Wildlife URL

    Annual aerial survey counts of waterbirds in eastern Australia available via...

Metadata Summary What is metadata?

Field Value
Language English
Edition version 1
Purpose Monitor change in waterbird abundance breeding and distribution for more than 50 species
Frequency of change Annually
Keywords FAUNA,FAUNA-Native,WATER-Wetlands
Metadata Date 1983-01-10
Date of Asset Creation 1983-10-01
Date of Asset Publication 2010-04-08
Date of Next Update 2017-12-31
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Equivalent Scale 250000
Vector representation
Record 1
Object type
Surface
Object count
Geospatial Topic Biota
Extent

Dataset extent
Temporal Coverage From 1983-01-10 - 2009-10-31
Datum GDA94 Geographic (Lat\Long)
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Attribution NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water asserts the right to be attributed as author of the original material in the following manner: "© State Government of NSW and NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 2010"