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8. Appendices
8.1.APPENDIXA:PROJECTSTAFF
Name Dr Andrew Heap Anna Potter Christina Baker Maggie Tran Christian Thun Tony Watson Alex Mclachlan Billie Poignand Keith Henderson Kylia Wall Substantive Role Project Manager/Geomorphologist/Sedimentologist Project Scientist/Sedimentologist Project Scientist/Sedimentologist (DEWHA funded) Project Scientist/Sedimentologist (DEWHA funded) Laboratory Manager Senior Laboratory Officer Senior Laboratory Officer Laboratory Officer Laboratory Officer Laboratory Officer (DEWHA funded)

8.2.APPENDIXB:MAPPINGPARAMETERS 8.2.1.Gravel,Sand,MudandCarbonateMaps
dataimportedtoArcGISincsvformat interpolatetorasterusing: i) inversedistanceweightedinterpolator ii) cellsizeof0.01decimaldegrees(dd)about1kilometre iii) optimalparameters:searchradiusof12pointsandpowerparameterof1 (Ruddick,2006). iv) maximumextrapolationdistanceof0.45ddabout45kilometres raster image clipped to Australian Economic Exclusive Zone limit and the NationalMapping1:250,000coastlinefromtheNationalGIS. additionalclipareaswereaddedwhereinterpolatorextrapolationproduced artefactsthatwerenotconsistentwiththesurroundingdatapoints.

8.2.2.SeabedSedimentTypeFolkClassification
rastersforfractionswerecreatedasin#.2.1butwithacellsizeof0.05dd. rasterswereexportedas0.05ddgridsofpoints samples were allocated to one of 15 Folk sediment type classifications based on gravel/sand/mudpercentagesusingpearlscript. classifieddatawasimportedintoArcGISin.csvformat pointdatawasconvertedtorasterwithfolkclassnumberasthecellvalue

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E.g. Table 4.1 % EEZ Area % Total EEZ area located in NWMR Water Depth Range** in NWMR (m)

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AreainNWMR:AreainkmcoveredbythisfeaturewithintheNWMR. % total* NWMR Area: Percent of the total area of the NWMR (not including areas with water depths<10m)whichisallocatedtothisfeature. %EEZArea:PercentofthetotalareaoftheEEZwhichisallocatedtothisfeature. % Total EEZ area located in NWMR: The proportion of the EEZ area allocated to this feature thatlieswithintheNWMR. WaterDepthRange**inNWMR(m):RangeofwaterdepthsoccurringintheNWMRarea(not including areas with water depths <10m) allocated to this feature. To reduce error, depths were determined from the point data underpinning the bathymetry grid rather than the interpolated data.Valuesareroundedtothenearest10m.
E.g. Table 4.2 PROVINCE/ # Feature No. sample points % NWMR Area Average sample density

PROVINCE/ # Feature: Features are nested within Provinces. Shelf, Slope, Rise and Abyssal Plain/DeepOceanFloorProvincesarecapitalised.StatisticsforProvincesincludetheareaofall features occurring within them. Feature names are not capitalised. Shelf, slope, rise and AP/DOF features comprise the area of these provinces with no other features identified within them. No. sample points: The total number of samples used in this study that are located within the area allocated to this province or feature. Some samples included in this figure have only texturalorcompositionaldata. %NWMRArea:AsinTable4.1. Average sample density (samples per km): The average sample density across all occurrences of the feature in the NWMR. This is calculated by dividing the total area of the feature by the numberofsamplepointswithinit.Resultshavebeenroundedtothenearest100km.

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E.g. Table 5.1 Bioregion No. sample points (no. added for task) % NWMR Area* Average sample density (km)

No. sample points (no. added for task): The number of sample points occurring in the bioregion including both data existing before this task and new assays generated for this task. Thenumberofsamplesaddedtothisbioregionforthistaskisgiveninbrackets. %NWMR Area: Percentage of the total area of the NWMR allocated to this bioregion. PercentagesarecalculatedfromtheNWMRincludingtheareanotassignedtoanybioregion. Averagesampledensity(km):AsforTable4.2.
E.g. Table 5.2 % of bioregion area covered % of NWMR area this unit lies within this bioregion % of EEZ area this unit lies within this bioregion

Feature

% of bioregion area covered: The percentage of the total area of the bioregion that is included intheNWMRthatfallswithinthisfeature.Calculationsdonotincludeareaswithwaterdepths <10m. %ofNWMRareathisunitlieswithinthisbioregion:Thepercentageofthetotalareacovered bythisfeatureintheNWMRthatlieswithintheareaofthisbioregionincludedintheNWMR. % of EEZ area this unit lies within this bioregion: The percentage of the total area covered by thisfeatureintheEEZthatlieswithintheareaofthisbioregionincludedintheNWMR.
E.g. Table 5.3 Feature Depth Range (m) Mean Depth (m)

Depth Range (m): Range of water depths occurring in the area of this feature within the bioregion(not including areas with water depths <10 m). To reduce error, depths were determined from the point data underpinning the bathymetry grid rather than the interpolated data.Valuesareroundedtothenearest10m. Mean Depth (m): The mean water depth occurring in the area of this feature within the bioregion. To reduce error, depths were determined from the point data underpinning the bathymetry grid rather than the interpolated data. Areas with water depths <10 m were removedpriortocalculations.Valuesareroundedtothenearest10m.

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8.5.APPENDIXE:DATAGENERATED
SeeexcelworkbookNWMRTask2007assays.

8.6.APPENDIXF:LASERGRAINSIZEDISTRIBUTIONS
SeepdffileAppendixFNWMRLaser.

8.7.APPENDIXG:WEBACESSIBLEDIGITALMAPSFORDATA COVERAGEANDSEDIMENTPROPERTIES
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