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  A two-part seabed geomorphology classification scheme, Version 2.0. Part 1: Morphology features glossary. 

  Dove, Dayton; Nanson, Rachel; Bjarnadóttir, Lilja R.; Guinan, Janine; Gafeira, Joana; Post, Alix; Dolan, Margaret F.J.; Stewart, Heather; Arosio, Riccardo; Scott, Gill (Zenodo, 2020)

  This report updates the ‘Two-part Seabed Geomorphology classification scheme’ of Dove et al. (2016) and presents a new glossary (Part 1) of Seabed Morphology features. This Morphology glossary is intended to provide marine ...
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  A two-part seabed geomorphology classification scheme. Part 2: Geomorphology classification framework and glossary - Version 1.0. 

  Nanson, Rachel; Arosio, Riccardo; Gafeira, Joana; McNeil, Mardi; Dove, Dayton; Bjarnadóttir, Lilja; Dolan, Margaret; Guinan, Janine; Post, Alix; Webb, John; Nichol, Scott (Zenodo, 2023)

  Maps of seabed geomorphology provide foundational information for a broad range of marine applications. These maps rely on bathymetry data from which geomorphic units can be identified, supported by knowledge of the ...
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  Developing an ocean best practice: a case study of marine sampling practices from Australia. 

  Przeslawski, Rachel; Barrett, Neville; Carroll, Andrew; Foster, Scott; Gibbons, Brooke; Jordan, Alan; Monk, Jacquomo; Langlois, Tim; Lara-Lopez, Ana; Pearlman, Jay; Picard, Kim; Pini-Fitzsimmons, Joni; van Ruth, Paul; Williams, Joel (2023)

  Since 2012, there has been a surge in the numbers of marine science publications that use the term ‘best practice’, yet the term is not often defined, nor is the process behind the best practice development described. ...
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  AusSeabed Community Guidelines: Satellite Derived Bathymetry 

  Ellis, Matthew; Formanek, Rebecca; Townsend, Nigel (AusSeabed, Canberra, Australia, 2022)

  The Satellite Derived Bathymetry (SDB) guidelines are intended to provide users of SDB sourced from the AusSeabed portal with the required knowledge to appropriately use SDB datasets. This is not a guide on how to produce ...
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  Our Knowledge Our Way in caring for Country: Indigenous-led approaches to strengthening and sharing our knowledge for land and sea management. Best Practice Guidelines from Australian Experiences. 

  Woodward, Emma; Hill, Rosemary; Harkness, Pia; Archer, Ricky (NAILSMA and CSIRO, Cairns, Australia, 2020)

  These Guidelines are a key output from a project of the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program (NESP), Northern Australia Environmental Resources (NAER) Hub, titled Knowledge Brokering for Indigenous ...
• Developing Ocean Best Practices in Australia. [Video] 

  Przeslawski, Rachel; Foster, Scott; Langlois, Tim; Bax, Nic (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2021)

  Ocean best practices are increasingly recognised as a way to facilitate the collection and use of quality, comparable and collatable data. International efforts have focussed on criteria of what should be elevated to a ...
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  Australian Multibeam Guidelines [Version 2] 

  Picard, K.; Leplastrier, A.; Austine, K.; Bergensen, N.; Cullen, R.; Dando, N.; Donohue, D.; Edwards, S.; Ingleton, T.; Jordan, A.; Lucieer, V.; Parnum, I.; Siwabessy, J.; Spinoccia, M.; Talbot-Smith, R.; Waterson, C.; Barrett, N.; Beaman, R.; Bergersen, D.; Boyd, M.; Brace, B.; Brooke, B.; Cantrill, O.; Case, M.; Dunne, S.; Felllows, M.; Harris, U.; Ierodicaonou, D.; Johnstone, E.; Kennedy, P.; Lewis, A.; Lytton, S.; Mackay, K.; McLennan, S.; Mitchell, C.; Nichol, S.; Post, A.; Price, A.; Przeslawski, R.; Pugsley, L.; Quadros, N.; Smith, J.; Stewart, W.; Sullivan, J.; Tran, M.; Whiteway, T.

  The primary objective of this guideline is thus to establish common approaches of acquisition and processing that will result in greater applicability and interoperability of swath acoustic mapping data. These approaches ...
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  Impact and Outcomes of Marine Sampling Best Practices. 

  Przeslawski, Rachel; Foster, Scott D; Langlois, Tim; Gibbons, Brooke; Monk, Jacquomo (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2021)

  In 2017, the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub committed to developing field manuals for selected marine sampling platforms to ensure that data collected at different times and places across Australia are directly comparable. ...
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  Field Manuals for Marine Sampling in Australian Waters, Version 2. 

  Przeslawski, Rachel; Foster, Scott (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2020)

  The Marine Biodiversity Hub has developed a suite of field manuals to ensure that data collected by marine sampling platforms at different times and places across Australia are directly comparable. The Marine Sampling ...
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  Comparison of sampling methods to assess benthic marine biodiversity. Are spatial and ecological relationships consistent among sampling gear? 

  Flannery, Emma; Przeslawski, Rachel (Geoscience Australia, Canberra, Australia, 2015)

  Marine benthic biodiversity can be measured using a range of sampling methods, including benthic sleds or trawls, grabs, and imaging systems, each of which targets a particular community or habitat. Due to the high cost ...
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  A Suite of Field Manuals for Marine Sampling to Monitor Australian Waters. 

  Przeslawski, Rachel; Foster, Scott; Monk, Jacquomo; Barrett, Neville; Bouchet, Phil; Carroll, Andrew; Langlois, Tim; Lucieer, Vanessa; Williams, Joel; Bax, Nicholas (2019)

  One of the main challenges in assessing marine biodiversity is the lack of consistent approaches to monitor it. This threatens to undermine ocean best practice in marine monitoring, as it impedes a reduction in the bias ...
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  Marine Sampling Field Manual for Grabs and Box Corers [Version 1]. [SUPERSEDED by DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-918] 

  Przeslawski, R.; Berents, P.; Clark, M.; Edgar, G.; Frid, C.; Hughes, L.; Ingleton, T.; Kennedy, D.; Nichol, S.; Smith, J. (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2018)

  This Grab and Box Corer Field Manual includes gear designed to sample unconsolidated sediment and organisms on the seafloor. General steps are outlined in Figure 9.1 and described in detail in the sections ...
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  Marine Sampling Field Manual for Benthic Sleds and Bottom Trawls [Version 1]. [SUPERSEDED by DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-918] 

  Przeslawski, R.; Althaus, F.; Clark, M.; Colquhoun, J.; Gledhill, D.; Flukes, E.; Foster, S.; O’Hara, T.; Proctor, R. (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2018)

  This Sled and Trawl Field Manual includes gear designed to sample organisms on the seafloor, excluding microbes and meiofauna (see chapters in Eleftheriou and Mcintyre 2005, Danovaro 2010 for such methods). ...
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  Marine Sampling Field Manual for Towed Underwater Camera Systems [Version 1]. [SUPERSEDED by DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-918] 

  Carroll, A.; Althaus, F.; Beaman, R.; Friedman, A.; lerodiaconou, D.; Ingleton, T.; Jordan, A.; Linklater, M.; Monk, J.; Post, A.; Przeslawski, R.; Smith, J.; Stowar, M.; Tran, M.; Tyndall, A. (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2018)

  As still and video cameras can be mounted to tow bodies in a variety of ways (Figure 7.2, Table 7.1), this field manual does not mandate specific gear types. Rather, it provides recommendations for ...
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  Marine Sampling Field Manual for Pelagic Stereo BRUVS (Baited Remote Underwater Videos) [Version 1]. [SUPERSEDED by DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-918] 

  Bouchet, P.; Meeuwig, J.; Huveneers, C.; Langlois, T.; Letessier, T.; Lowry, M.; Rees, M.; Santana-Garcon, J.; Scott, M.; Taylor, M.; Thompson, C.; Vigliola, L.; Whitmarsh, S. (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2018)

  This manual relates to gear designed to acquire digital video imagery of macro-organisms living in the ocean’s water column, from small zooplankton (Letessier et al. 2013a) to marine mega-vertebrates (Letessier ...
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  Marine Sampling Field Manual for AUV's (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) [Version 1]. [SUPERSEDED by DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-918] 

  Monk, J; Barrett, N; Bridge, T; Carroll, A; Friedman, A; lerodiaconou, D; Jordan, A; Kendrick, G; Lucieer, V (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2018)

  The primary aim of this field manual is to establish a consistent approach to marine benthic sampling using AUVs and facilitate statistically sound comparisons between studies. This manual will focus on hover class ...
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  Marine Sampling Field Manual for Benthic Stereo BRUVS (Baited Remote Underwater Videos) [Version 1]. [SUPERSEDED by DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-918] 

  Langlois, T; Williams, J; Monk, J; Bouchet, P; Currey, L; Goetze, J; Harasti, D; Huveneers, C; lerodiaconou, D; Malcolm, H; Whitmarsh, S (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2018)

  This benthic stereo-BRUVs Field Manual includes gear designed to acquire imagery of demersal fish assemblages and their habitat within the field of view. A separate manual will address sampling pelagic fish ...
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  Statistical Considerations for Monitoring and Sampling [Version 1]. [SUPERSEDED by DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-918] 

  Foster, S.D; Monk, J; Lawrence, E; Hayes, KR; Hosack, GR; Przeslawski, R (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2018)

  This chapter will not follow the usual presentation for statistical design in ecology. Rather, we will focus on what we believe to be most important aspects from a practical (and management) ...
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  Seafloor Mapping Field Manual for Multibeam Sonar [Version 1]. [SUPERSEDED by DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-918] 

  Lucieer, V; Picard, K; Siwabessy, J; Jordan, A; Tran, M; Monk, J (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2018)

  This manual refers to the use of multibeam or interferometric echosounders (referred herein as just multibeam or MBES) to conduct surveys of seafloor bathymetry and backscatter that can be used to derive maps of ...
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  Choosing between strategies for designing surveys: autonomous underwater vehicles. 

  Foster, Scott D.; Hosack, Geoffrey R.; Hill, Nicole A.; Barrett, Neville S.; Lucieer, Vanessa L. (2014)

  1. Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV), which collect images of marine habitats, are now an established sampling tool. The use of AUVs is becoming more widespread as they offer a non-destructive method to survey substantial ...

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