MangroveWatch Coastal Habitat Assessment & Monitoring Portal (CHAMP)

The project strategy is called the Coastal Health Archive and Monitoring Program (CHAMP). High resolution panolapse imagery & overlapping images with continuous views of the intertidal shorelines of Australasia. This category of ShoreView data includes - small vessel estuarine and shoreline imagery - the extent has been around 2000 km in total from multiple sites around the country. For example, surveys have been undertaken from 8 Southern GBR estuaries between Gladstone and Hervey Bay. Data has been collected under the supervision of JCU researchers by numerous community groups, as community volunteers, and by indigenous ranger teams.

Primary assessment of imagery includes: coordinate location of each image, the assignment of categories of ecosystem type, structure like tree height, condition, and the types and severity of processes observed like trees damaged by storms, fire, weeds, livestock, erosion. Further assessment includes apportioning these categories for specific estuarine sections, and ranking conditions for summary in regional reporting frameworks. The software required for uploading, processing and assessment of data is in development.

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  • Description

    The project strategy is called the Coastal Health Archive and Monitoring Program (CHAMP). High resolution panolapse imagery & overlapping images with continuous views of the intertidal shorelines of Australasia. This category of ShoreView data includes - small vessel estuarine and shoreline imagery - the extent has been around 2000 km in total from multiple sites around the country. For example, surveys have been undertaken from 8 Southern GBR estuaries between Gladstone and Hervey Bay. Data has been collected under the supervision of JCU researchers by numerous community groups, as community volunteers, and by indigenous ranger teams.

    Primary assessment of imagery includes: coordinate location of each image, the assignment of categories of ecosystem type, structure like tree height, condition, and the types and severity of processes observed like trees damaged by storms, fire, weeds, livestock, erosion. Further assessment includes apportioning these categories for specific estuarine sections, and ranking conditions for summary in regional reporting frameworks. The software required for uploading, processing and assessment of data is in development.

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  • Keywords
    • tidal wetlands
    • intertidal zone
    • marine coastal
    • shoreline ecosystems
    • mangroves
    • coral reefs
    • seagrass
    • sandy beaches
    • rocky shores
    • condition
    • impact types
  • Funding source
    • PPTEP Australasia
    • Torres Strait Regional Authority
    • Australian Government, Department of the Environment
    • National Environmental Research Program
    • National Environmental Science Program; Carpentarian Land Council Aboriginal Corporation
    • CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
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    Tropical Ecosystems, Conservation and Climate Change
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    Type Location Notes
    Physical Location QCIF Collection Q0033
    The Data Manager is: Norman Duke
    College or Centre College of Science & Engineering
    Access conditions Conditional: Contact researchdata@jcu.edu.au to request access to this data.
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  • Data record size 15.185 TiB
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    • URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112959
    • Notes Open Access
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    • URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71330-0_9
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    • URL https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15539
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    • Notes Open Access
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    • URL https://nesptropical.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Project-4.13-Final-Report-Volume-1.pdf
    • Notes Freely available from NESP website
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    • Notes Freely available from NESP website
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    • URL https://www.checinternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Journal-30-Mangroves.pdf
    • Notes Freely available from publisher's website
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    • URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.05.069
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    Citation Duke, Norman; Mackenzie, Jock; Canning, Adam; Eilert, Franz (2022): MangroveWatch Coastal Habitat Assessment & Monitoring Portal (CHAMP). James Cook University. https://doi.org/10.25903/891f-1q62