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    • African Marine Litter Monitoring Manual. 2nd Edition. 

      Barnardo, Toshka; Marlin, Danica; Ribbink, Anthony J; Pichegru, Lorien (African Marine Waste Network, Sustainable Seas Trust, Gqeberha, South Africa, 2023)
      The manual evolved from an initiative in the Western Indian Ocean region that was spearheaded by WIOMSA (Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association) and Sustainable Seas Trust. The first edition created considerable ...
    • The Argos-CLS Kalman Filter: Error Structures and State-Space Modelling Relative to Fastloc GPS Data. 

      Lowther, A.D.; Lydersen, C.; Fedak, M.A.; Lovell, P.; Kovacs, K.M. (2015)
      Understanding how an animal utilises its surroundings requires its movements through space to be described accurately. Satellite telemetry is the only means of acquiring movement data for many species however data are ...
    • Australia’s Long-Term Plankton Observations: The Integrated Marine Observing System National Reference Station Network. 

      Eriksen, Ruth S.; Davies, Claire H.; Bonham, Pru; Coman, Frank E.; Edgar, Steven; McEnnulty, Felicity R.; McLeod, David; Miller, Margaret J.; Rochester, Wayne; Slotwinski, Anita; Tonks, Mark L.; Uribe-Palomino, Julian; Richardson, Anthony J. (2019)
      The Integrated Marine Observing System National Reference Station network provides unprecedented open access to species-level phytoplankton and zooplankton data for researchers, managers and policy makers interested in ...
    • Beyond the benchtop and the benthos: Dataset management planning and design for time series of ocean carbonate chemistry associated with Durafet ® -based pH sensors. 

      Rivest, Emily B.; O'Brien, Margaret; Kapsenberg, Lydia; Gotschalk, Chris C.; Blanchette, Carol A.; Hoshijima, Umihiko; Hofmann, Gretchen E. (2016)
      To better understand the impact of ocean acidification on marine ecosystems, an important ongoing research priority for marine scientists is to characterize present-day pH variability. Following recent technological advances, ...
    • Big Data and Data from Sensors. 

      UKEOF Data Advisory Group (UK Environmental Observation Framework (UKEOF), Bailrigg, UK, 2017)
      This paper aims to provide a broad range of the UKEOF community and partners with a brief and introductory overview of the current state-of-play of big data, including UKEOF partner use cases in environmental ...
    • Building a fisherman-first data ecosystem. 

      Porcaro, Keith (Digital Public for Cape Cod Commercial Fisherman's Alliance, Chatham, MA, 2019)
      This report presents opportunities and possible models for the New England groundfish community to own, control, manage, and use fisheries data, with a particular focus on governing electronic monitoring data. It is the ...
    • Coastal Harmful Algae Bloom Monitoring via a Sustainable, Sail-Powered Mobile Platform. 

      Beckler, Jordon S.; Arutunian, Ethan; Moore, Tim; Currier, Bob; Milbrandt, Eric; Duncan, Scott (2019)
      Harmful algae blooms (HABs) in coastal marine environments are increasing in number and duration, pressuring local resource managers to implement mitigation solutions to protect human and ecosystem health. However, ...
    • A Consumer’s Guide to Satellite Remote Sensing of Multiple Phytoplankton Groups in the Global Ocean. 

      Mouw, Colleen B.; Hardman-Mountford, Nick J.; Alvain, Séverine; Bracher, Astrid; Brewin, Robert J. W.; Bricaud, Annick; Ciotti, Aurea M.; Devred, Emmanuel; Fujiwara, Amane; Hirata, Takafumi; Hirawake, Toru; Kostadinov, Tihomir S.; Roy, Shovonlal; Uitz, Julia (2017)
      Phytoplankton are composed of diverse taxonomical groups, which are manifested as distinct morphology, size, and pigment composition. These characteristics, modulated by their physiological state, impact their light ...
    • Driven by Drones: Improving Mangrove Extent Maps Using High-Resolution Remote Sensing. 

      Hsu, Astrid; Kumagai, Joy; Favoretto, Fabio; Dorian, John; Guerrero Martinez, Benigno; Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio (2020)
      This study investigated how different remote sensing techniques can be combined to accurately monitor mangroves. In this paper, we present a framework to use drone imagery to calculate correction factors which can improve ...
    • Drone Flight Manual: UCSD Mangrove Imaging Procedure. Version 1.2. 

      Hsu, Astrid J.; Lo, Eric K.; Dorian, John B.; Guerrero Martinez, Benigno (University of California, San Diego, Centro para la Biodiversidad Marina y Conservación, and the Gulf of California Marine Program, San Diego, CA, 2019)
      The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Engineers for Exploration and the Aburto Laboratory at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) (henceforth UC San Diego team), along with Centro para la Biodiversidad ...
    • A field and video annotation guide for baited remote underwater stereo-video surveys of demersal fish assemblages. [GOOS ENDORSED PRACTICE] 

      Langlois, Tim; Goetze, Jordan S.; Bond, Todd; Monk, Jacquomo; Abesamis, Rene A.; Asher, Jacob; Barrett, Neville; Bernard, Anthony T.F.; Bouchet, Phil J.; Birt, Matthew J.; Cappo, Mike; Currey-Randall, Leanne M.; Driessen, Damon; Fairclough, David V.; Fullwood, Laura A. F.; Gibbons, Brooke A.; Harasti, David; Heupel, Michelle R.; Hicks, Jamie; Holmes, Thomas H.; Huveneers, Charlie; Ierodiaconou, Daniel; Jordan, Alan; Knott, Nathan A.; Lindfield, Steve; Malcolm, Hamish A.; McLean, Dianne; Meekan, Mark; Miller, David; Mitchell, Peter J.; Newman, Stephen J.; Radford, Ben; Rolim, Fernanda A.; Saunders, Benjamin J.; Stowar, Marcus; Smith, Adam N. H.; Travers, Michael J.; Wakefield, Corey B.; Whitmarsh, Sasha K.; Williams, Joel; Harvey, Euan S. (2020)
      1. Baited remote underwater stereo-video systems (stereo-BRUVs) are a popular tool to sample demersal fish assemblages and gather data on their relative abundance and body size structure in a robust, cost-effective and ...
    • The generalized data management and collection protocol for Conductivity-Temperature- Depth Satellite Relay Data Loggers. 

      Photopoulou, T.; Fedak, M.A.; Matthiopoulos, J.; McConnell, B.; Lovell, P. (2015)
      The software routines for data sampling and processing that are implemented on-board telemetry devices (tags) called Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Satellite Relay Data Loggers (CTD-SRDLs) enable the simultaneous collection ...
    • Good Practice Guide for Underwater Noise Measurement. 

      Robinson, Stephen P.; Lepper, Paul A.; Hazelwood, Richard A. (National Measurement Office, Marine Scotland, The Crown Estate, Teddington, England, 2014)
      This document provides guidance on best practice for in-situ measurement of underwater sound, for processing the data, and for reporting the measurements using appropriate metrics . Measured noise levels are sometimes ...
    • Handbook of Methods for the Analysis of Oceanographic Parameters at the CARIACO Time-series Station: Cariaco Time Series Study. 

      Astor, Yrene M.; Fanning, Kent; Guzmán, Laurencia; Li, Xiaoni; Lorenzoni, Laura; Masserini, Robert; Muller-Karger, Frank; Tappa, Eric; Varela, Ramón (Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales, Caracas, Venezuela, 2013)
      The focus of the program “CARIACO Oceanographic Time Series” is the collection of a set of oceanographic, biogeochemical and ecological observations at a specific location (10° 30'N, 64° 40'W), in the deepest area of the ...
    • Manual de Referencia en Mejores Prácticas de Gestión de Datos Oceánicos. Número 3/2018 

      Gutiérrez García, Fredy Alberto; Morales Escobar, Ana Alexandra; Sedano Ariza, Carlos Alberto; Ortiz Martínez, Ruby Viviana; Castañeda Rodríguez, Diana Paulina; Bernal Suárez, Néstor Ricardo; Gutiérrez Sarmiento, Martha Cecilia; Maza Chamorro, Mauro; Del Río Colón, Roberto; Campo Rojas, Erick; Montoya-Cadavid, Erika; Bohórquez, Julio; García, Carolina; Gómez, Diana Isabel; Arias, Leonardo; López Peralta, Raúl Hernando; Rozo, Margarita; Rodríguez, Viviana; Sánchez, Inés; Henao, Alejandro; Marrugo, Milena; Ehrhardt Arzuza, Ludwing; Rangel Segura, Pedro Augusto; Blandón Grajales, Rigoberto; García, Laura Liliana; Garzón Barrios, Jaime Alberto; Santafé Alfonso, Omar Gonzalo; García Bolívar, Alberto; Castañeda Zamora, José Anderson; Montenegro Ramírez, Luis Alejandro; Suárez León, Luisa Fernanda; Correa Olarte, María Ximena (DIMAR, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, 2018)
      The “Colombian Oceanographic Data and Information Coordination Committee” (CTN Diocean, by its initials in Spanish) was created by Resolution No. 005/2015 of the Colombian Ocean Commission (CCO, by its initials in Spanish), ...
    • Mapping with confidence; delineating seagrass habitats using Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS). 

      Nahirnick, Natasha K.; Reshitnyk, Luba; Campbell, Marcus; Hessing‐Lewis, Margot; Costa, Maycira; Yakimishyn, Jennifer; Lee, Lynn (2019)
      There is growing interest in the use of Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS) for mapping and monitoring of seagrass habitats. UAS provide flexibility with timing of imagery capture, are relatively inexpensive, and obtain very ...
    • Methods for the Study of Marine Biodiversity. 

      Costello, Mark J.; Basher, Zeenatul; McLeod, Laura; Asaad, Irawan; Claus, Simon; Vandepitte, Leen; Yasuhara, Moriaki; Gislason, Henrik; Edwards, Martin; Appeltans, Ward; Enevoldsen, Henrik; Edgar, Graham J.; Miloslavich, Patricia; De Monte, Silvia; Sousa Pinto, Isabel; Obura, David; Bates, Amanda E. (Springer Open, 2017)
      Recognition of the threats to biodiversity and its importance to society has led to calls for globally coordinated sampling of trends in marine ecosystems. As a step to defining such efforts, we review current methods of ...
    • Monitoring protocol for coastal reefs. Version 1.0. 

      Bernardino, Angelo Fraga; Mazzuco, Ana Carolina de Azevedo; Stelzer, Patricia Sarcinelli (The Long-term Ecological Research Program Coastal Habitats of Espírito Santo (LTER HCES), Vitória, Brazil, 2020)
      The aim of this protocol is to elucidate the methodology and rationale applied in the Long-Term Research Program for Coastal Habitats in Espírito Santo to monitor marine biodiversity in coastal reefs of the Eastern Brazil ...
    • Next-Generation Optical Sensing Technologies for Exploring Ocean Worlds—NASA FluidCam, MiDAR, and NeMO-Net. 

      Chirayath, Ved; Li, Alan (2019)
      We highlight three emerging NASA optical technologies that enhance our ability to remotely sense, analyze, and explore ocean worlds–FluidCam and fluid lensing, MiDAR, and NeMO-Net. Fluid lensing is the first remote sensing ...
    • Protocol and sampling design for marine diversity for the South American Research group on Coastal Ecosystems (SARCE). 

      South American Research Group on Costal Ecosystems (South American Research Group on Coastal Ecosystems (SARCE), Caracas, Venezuela, 2012)
      This study is aimed to be carried out in most countries of the entire South American continent. As of today, scientists from Colombia (Pacific coast), Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, ...