---CHANGE NOTES: Seamap Australia NBHL 2024 (beta)----

This document lists all changes made, including corrections and inclusion/removal of datasets, to the Seamap Australia NBHL for the following version update:
Seamap NBHL 2023 (2.1) --> Seamap NBHL 2024 (2.2)



---NEW DATASETS---
TITLE: Coral Sea oceanic vegetation, QLD (2024)
CLASSIFIES: Biota and Substrata
ACTION: New data (no overlaps to resolve).
IMPACT: Increased coverage of existing NBHL extent.

TITLE: Benthic habitats of Marra Sea Country, Gulf of Carpentaria, NT (2021)
CLASSIFIES: Biota only
ACTION: Replaces relevant section of 'Four Decades of Seagrass Spatial Data from Torres Strait and Gulf of Carpentaria' (synthesis product).
IMPACT: Improved data provenance for existing NBHL coverage.

TITLE: Great Sandy Marine Park benthic habitat, QLD (2019)
CLASSIFIES: Biota and Substrata
ACTION: Superseeds all existing data EXCEPT 'Wolf Rock benthic habitat 2003', except in cases where Biotic or Substrata classification is Unknown and exising NBHL has a classification for this component.
IMPACT: Increased coverage; improved accuracy, currency and resolution of existing NBHL coverage.

TITLE: Fish habitats of the Recherche Archipelago, WA (2001)
CLASSIFIES: Biota and Substrata
ACTION: Superseeds all overlapping existing data.
IMPACT: Improved accuracy, currency and resolution of existing NBHL coverage.

TITLE: Jurien Bay benthic habitat mapping, WA (2017)
CLASSIFIES: Biota and Substrata
ACTION: Superseeds all overlapping existing data.
IMPACT: Improved accuracy, currency and resolution of existing NBHL coverage.

TITLE: Kimberley ReefKIM reef habitat mapping, WA (2013)
CLASSIFIES: Biota and Substrata
ACTION: ONLY superseeds existing overlapped data where biotic classification (Data_BC) = 'Distribution And Predictors Of Benthic Biodiversity, WA (2018)' OR Data_BC = 'Coastal Waterways Geomorphic Habitat Mapping (2005)'.
IMPACT: Increased coverage; improved accuracy, currency and resolution of existing NBHL coverage (where coarser datasets existed).

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---UPDATES TO SEAMAP UNVALIDATED LAYER (unversioned)---
TITLE:  Digital Earth Australia Mangrove Canopy Cover 30m 3.0.0 (2022)
CLASSIFIES: Biota only
ACTION: Replaces existing biotic classification of 'Unknown' or 'NA'.
IMPACT: Increased coverage of existing NBHL extent.