The name of the area used in WetlandSummary, excluding the area type
FullName
Text (UTF-8 encoded)
124
Full name
The name of the area used in WetlandSummary, including the area type
URL
Text (UTF-8 encoded)
133
Detailed information
A URL linking to detailed information about this area
TotalArea
Double (8 byte floating point)
8
Area (km²)
The total area in km²
Modifications
The wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—management profiles layer used by WetlandSummary is based on the source layers below, with the following modifications:
Based on the wetland areas layer and GDE subterranean (karst) layer
Name and URL are looked up from a separate file based on value of the OTH_DHA_H (Dominant Wetland Habitat) field
Excluded wetlands where the OTH_DHA_H field is empty
Excluded wetlands where no management profile has been created for the habitat type
Fixed 1 invalid geometry
Dissolved 2,984 source features into a single WAE mgmt profile "Karst wetlands"
Combined 7,199 wetland features into a single WAE mgmt profile "Arid and semi-arid lakes"
Combined 58,967 wetland features into a single WAE mgmt profile "Arid swamps"
Combined 314 wetland features into a single WAE mgmt profile "Coastal and sub-coastal floodplain lakes and non-floodplain soil lakes"
Combined 6 wetland features into a single WAE mgmt profile "Coastal and sub-coastal non-floodplain rock lakes"
Combined 48,541 wetland features into a single WAE mgmt profile "Coastal and sub-coastal tree swamps"
Combined 2,160 wetland features into a single WAE mgmt profile "Coastal and sub-coastal wet heath swamps"
Combined 26,223 wetland features into a single WAE mgmt profile "Coastal grass-sedge wetlands"
Combined 800 wetland features into a single WAE mgmt profile "Coastal non-floodplain sand lakes"
Combined 435 wetland features into a single WAE mgmt profile "Coastal palm swamps"
Combined 4 wetland features into a single WAE mgmt profile "Great Artesian Basin spring wetlands"
Combined 63,151 wetland features into a single WAE mgmt profile "Semi-arid swamps"
Combined 0 wetland features into a single WAE mgmt profile "//mangrove wetlands"
Combined 0 wetland features into a single WAE mgmt profile "//saltmarsh wetlands"
Access AVAILABLE FORMAT TYPE(S) 1. Online Digital Data and Map Products through WetlandInfo and the Queensland Globe 2. Digital data available as a ESRI Shapefile, ESRI Geodatabase and ESRI Geodatabase Export download through QSpatial
Cit Resp Party
Contact—organization name
Queensland Herbarium, Department of Environment and Science
Subterranean groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDE) areas
Additional human language abstract/description
Subterranean GDEs are ecosystems dependent on the subterranean presence of groundwater on a permanent or intermittent basis to meet all or some of their water requirements so as to maintain their communities of plants and animals, ecological processes and ecosystem services. Subterranean GDE area features include cave ecosystemsthat have some groundwater dependency. Information about the location and extent of known and potential GDEs was sourced from expert knowledge, literature and existing datasets. This dataset is one of five datasets that describe the distribution of known and potential GDEs across the landscape. The complete set of GDE datasets is: 1. Surface expression GDE points, 2. Surface expression GDE lines, 3. Surface expression GDE areas, 4. Terrestrial GDE areas, 5. Subterranean GDE areas. As the different types of GDEs represent different overlapping layers or cross-sections of the landscape, it is recommended that the datasets be mapped in the order of listing shown above (i.e. surface expression GDE points on top) to maintain logical consistency and assist visualization.
Version 1.0 (released October 2012) - mapping covers the whole of Queensland
Versions1.1 to 1.3 do not exist
Version 1.4(released December2015) - updated mapping covers the whole of Queensland and includes significant updates to attribution
Version 1.5 (released March 2017) - no change from v1.4
Version 1.5.1 (released in May 2018) - mapping attribution revised to update hyperlinks to supporting material delivered via webpages.
Unrestricted to all levels of government and community. Dataset is available to all government agencies, community groups and individuals. Dataset is available through physical supply and may be made available via web delivery tools, for example, through the Queensland Department of Environment and Science internet site.
Dist Info
Distributor
Distor Cont
Contact—individual name
Principal Project Officer, Wetlands
Contact—organization name
Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection
This dataset reflects the level of knowledge and information about the landscape that may be biased due to a range of reasons such as accessibility and land use: It is likely that the dataset is incomplete. Detailed field survey and verification of the groundwater location, extent and fluctuation has not been done, nor has the level of ecosystem dependency on groundwater been tested.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
The GDE attribution was sourced from local expert knowledge, literature and spatial data. The reliability of different attribute values may vary. Areas described as 'known' have been delineated according to local expert knowledge and generally have the highest level of confidence. Areas that are derived from a rule base, that make up the majority of the areas mapped, have been assigned a level of confidence according to judgment of the reliability of knowledge supporting the rule base.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
The mapping linework is at a nominal scale of 1:100,000 and the accuracy associated with this is within the range +/-100 metres.
Source layer: Queensland Wetland Data Version 6.0 – Wetland Areas 2019
Queensland Wetland Data Version 6.0 – Wetland Areas 2019
Edition
Version 6.0
Date
Creation date
2023-01-31
Additional human language abstract/description
This dataset provides mapping of wetlands as at 2019 extent at 1:100,000 scale across Queensland. Coastal areas may be mapped at 1:50,000 scale and Brisbane City and areas covered by a Property Map of Assessable Vegetation (PMAV) may be mapped at 1:25,000 scale.
Resource purpose/summary
To monitor and report on changes in wetland extent and type.
Wetlands linework reproduced at a scale greater than 1:100,000, except in designated areas, should be used as a guide only. While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of the Information Product, the Department Environment and Science makes no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which you might incur as a result of the product being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason.
Res Const
Leg Consts
Security use limitations
While every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of the Information Product, the Department Environment and Science makes no representations or warranties about its accuracy, reliability, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose and disclaims all responsibility and all liability (including without limitation, liability in negligence) for all expenses, losses, damages (including indirect or consequential damage) and costs which you might incur as a result of the product being inaccurate or incomplete in any way and for any reason.
Res Const
Sec Consts
details available on request
Supplemental information about the data
Detailed methodology can be viewed at: http://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wetland-background/
References
Department of Environment and Science (2022) Queensland Wetland Mapping Method: A Method for Providing Baseline Mapping of Wetland Extent Change in Queensland Version 2.0. Department of Environment and Science, Brisbane.
Dq Info
Report
Data quality report, measure description
All polygons visually checked at 1:100,000 scale and by topological consistency checks. Inconsistencies between the water body classification and wetland regional ecosystem classification were highlighted, manually checked and reconciled.
Report
Data quality report, measure description
Complete to the best available source infomation available at the time of publishing.
Data Lineage
Lineage statement, a general explanation
This dataset is derived from the Queensland Herbarium's: Biodiversity of Pre-Clearing and Remnant Regional Ecosystems, and Wetland Waterbodies.
Queensland Wetland Data Version 6.0 – Wetland Areas (2019), is an updated version of data previously released as version 1.0 (GBR catchments), version 1.1 (Wide Bay Burnett catchments), version 1.2 (Great Barrier Reef, northern Cape York Peninsula and Queensland Murray Darling Basin), version 1.3 (Queensland) and version 2.0 to 5.0 (Queensland). Versions up to and including version 1.3 depicted extent of wetlands based on rectified 2001 Landsat ETM+ imagery, version 2.0 depicted extent of wetlands based on rectified 2005 Landsat ETM+ imagery . Version 3.0 depicted extent of wetlands in 2001, 2005 and 2009 based on rectified 2001/2005/2009 Landsat ETM+ imagery. Version 4.0 depicts the extent of wetlands in 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2013 based on rectified 2001/2005/2009/2013 Landsat ETM+ imagery. Version 5.0 depicts the extent of wetlands in 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017 based on rectified 2001/2005/2009/2013/2017 Landsat ETM+ imagery. Version 6.0 depicts the extent of wetlands in 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2019 based on rectified 2001/2005/2009/2013/2017/2019 Landsat ETM+ imagery. This data is produced by combining the wetland regional ecosystem areas with wetland waterbody data. Where overlap occurred across wetland waterbodies and wetland regional ecosystem polygons, a decision tree is used to determine which polygon takes priority.
The extent of wetlands depicted is based on rectified 2019 Landsat ETM+ imagery (supplied by SLATS, Department of Environment and Science).
Note that some small offshore terrestrial islands may not be delineated due to the mapping extents and scale of source data and the imagery available to delineate such features.
Full details on the methodology can be found: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wetland-background/
Report
Data quality report, measure description
This dataset is GDA2020 compatible. The source data, and therefore the captured features are georeferenced as GDA94 (horizontal only). The horizontal accuracy of the geo-referencing and/or data collection method for this example is greater than the datum offset between GDA94 and GDA2020 (1.8 meters). The resulting dataset has been nominated as a low-accuracy GDA2020 dataset. As this data has not directly measured in GDA2020, nor transformed to GDA2020 the resulting data is 'GDA2020 Compatible', not Compliant.
Entity and Attribute Information
details available on request
This page should be cited as:
Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (n.d.) Wetland (aquatic ecosystem) type—management profiles – spatial metadata, WetlandInfo website, accessed 20 December 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/get-mapping-help/metadata/wetland-aquatic-ecosystem-type-management-profile/
— Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation