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  A field manual for marine protected area recreational user knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) surveys. 

  Hamre, Nicole; Langlois, Tim; Phillips, Genevieve; Reynolds, Doc; Beach, Donna; Lavers, Jennifer L.; Webb, Wayne; Webb, Zac; Watson, Sharnae; Guilfoyle, Dave; Adams, Vanessa; Aston, Charlotte; Bryars, Simon; De Valck, Jeremy; Gelves-Gomez, Francisco; Gibbons, Brooke; Martin, Carol; McPhee, Daryl; Mitchell, Jonathan; Ogier, Emily; Przeslawski, Rachel; Rose, Michelle; Shields, Brooke; Smith, Amanda; Spencer-Cotton, Alaya; Navarro, Matthew (NESP Marine and Coastal Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2024)

  Marine Protected Area (MPA) recreational Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice (KAP) surveys are a research approach to elicit basic quantitative information about marine recreational users’ Knowledge about, Attitudes Towards ...
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  Marine sampling field manual for microplastics. 

  Wootton, Nina; Reis-Santos, Patrick; Tanveer, Adyel; Blewitt, Michelle; Clarke, Brad; Crutchett, Thomas; Hamann, Mark; Hardesty, Britta Denise; Lavers, Jennifer L.; Leterme, Sophie; Leusch, Frederic; Lynch, Sam; Motti, Cherie; O'Brien, Allyson; Okoffo, Elvis; Kushani, Perera; Puskic, Peter; Razzell Holls, Joseph; Roman, Lauren; Santana, Marina F.M.; Snigirova, Anastasiia; Tuuri, Elise M; Wilson, Scott; Ziajahromi, Shima; Gillanders, Bronwyn (NESP Marine and Coastal Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2024)

  An increasing number of organisations are undertaking research, monitoring, and data collection on the presence of plastic contamination in the environment. This information is essential for establishing baseline data to ...
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  Field Manual for Imagery Based Surveys using Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). [Version 3]. 

  Monk, J.; Barrett, N.; Bond, T.; Fowler, A.; McLean, D.; Partridge, J.; Perkins, N.; Przeslawski, R.; Thomson, P.G.; Williams, J. (NESP Marine and Coastal Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2024)

  The primary aim of this field manual is to establish a consistent sampling protocol for marine benthic assemblages using ROVs and to facilitate statistically sound research to allow comparisons between studies. This ...
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  Marine Sampling Field Manual for Grabs and Box Corers [Version 3]. 

  Przeslawski, R.; Berents, P.; Clark, M.; Edgar, G.; Frid, C.; Hughes, L.; Ingleton, T.; Kennedy, D.; Nichol, S.; Smith, J.; Dittman, S.; Hooper, G. (NESP Marine and Coastal Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2024)

  This field manual encompasses gear designed to sample unconsolidated sediment and organisms on the seafloor, including grabs, box corers, and push corers. The samples collected by grabs and box corers can be used to ...
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  Marine Sampling Field Manual for Benthic Sleds and Bottom Trawls [Version 3]. 

  Przeslawski, R.; Althaus, F.; Clark, M.; Colquhoun, J.; Gledhill, D.; Foster, S.; O’Hara, T.; Atkinson, L. (NESP Marine and Coastal Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2024)

  This Sled and Trawl Field Manual includes gear designed to sample organisms on the seafloor, excluding microbes and meiofauna (see Gielings et al 2021 and chapters in Eleftheriou and Mcintyre 2005, Danovaro 2010 for such ...
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  Marine Sampling Field Manual for Towed Underwater Camera Systems [Version 3]. 

  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.; Sutherland, M. (NESP Marine and Coastal Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2024)

  As still and video cameras can be mounted to tow bodies in a variety of ways (Figure 7.1, Table 7.1), this field manual does not mandate specific gear types. Rather, it provides recommendations for future updates or ...
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  Marine Sampling Field Manual for Pelagic Stereo BRUVS (Baited Remote Underwater Videos) [Version 3]. 

  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 and Coastal Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2024)

  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 et al. ...
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  Marine Sampling Field Manual for AUV's (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) [Version 3]. 

  Monk, J; Barrett, N; Bridge, T; Carroll, A; Friedman, A; lerodiaconou, D; Jordan, A; Kendrick, G; Lucieer, V; Hill, N. (NESP Marine and Coastal Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2024)

  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 AUVs ...
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  Statistical Considerations for Monitoring and Sampling. [Version 3] 

  Foster, S.D.; Monk, J.; Lawrence, E.; Hayes, K.R.; Hosack, G.R.; Langlois, T.; Hooper, G.; Przeslawski, R. (NESP Marine and Coastal Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2024)

  A rigorous scientific process is essential to forming sound conclusions that can inform evidence-based decision-making. This process starts with defining a research question, assessing what level of information is needed ...
• Field Manuals for Marine Sampling in Australian Waters, Version 3. [ENDORSED PRACTICE] 

  Barrett, Neville; Bouchet, Phil; Carroll, Andrew; Gibbons, Brooke; Gillanders, Bronwyn; Hamre, Nicole; Langlois, Tim; Leplastrier, Aero; Lucieer, Vanessa; Monk, Jacquomo; Navarro, Matthew; Picard, Kim; Reis-Santos, Patrick; Spencer, Claude; Williams, Joel; Wootton, Nina; Przeslawski, Rachel; Foster, Scott (National Environmental Science Program (NESP). Marine and Coastal Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2024)

  The Marine and Coastal 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 Field ...
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  Advancing National Ocean Best Practices and Standards Workshop and Questionnaire Report. 

  Przeslawksi, Rachel; Gibbons, Brooke; Langlois, Tim; Monk, Jacquomo; Pini-Fitzsimmons, Joni (NSW Department of Primary Industries, Fisheries, Huskisson, Australia, 2023)

  The NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub (2015-2021) delivered a project that developed and progressed the adoption of nine national standards for marine survey design and sampling (field-manuals-marine-sampling-monitor-australi ...
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  Comparative assessment of seafloor sampling platforms. 

  Przeslawski, Rachel; Foster, Scott; Monk, Jacquomo; Langlois, Tim; Lucieer, Vanessa; Stuart-Smith, Rick (Geoscience Australia, Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2018)

  The Australian Marine Parks are the largest network of marine protected areas in the world, and their establishment means that Australia is now tasked with managing an area almost 3.3 million km2. In addition, Australia ...
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  Data Discoverability and Accessibility Report from July 2019 Workshop on Marine Imagery. 

  Przeslawski, Rachel; Barrett, Neville; Bax, Narissa; Carroll, Andrew; Foster, Scott; Heupel, Michelle; Jansen, Jan; Langlois, Tim; Moltmann, Tim; Pocklington, Jacqui; Stuart-Smith, Rick; Wyatt, Mat (Geoscience Australia, Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2019)

  There are increasing incentives for marine researchers to share their data, but the will of the marine community to share data has often not yet caught up with our capabilities. Marine imagery and associated annotation, ...
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  Data discoverability and accessibility Report from workshops on marine imagery and biological specimen data, September 2018. 

  Przeslawski, Rachel; Falkner, Inke; Foster, Scott; Mancini, Seb; Bainbridge, Scott; Bax, Narissa; Carroll, Andrew; Flukes, Emma; Gonzalez-Riviero, Manuel; Langlois, Tim; Moore, Kirrily; Rehbein, Mark; Tattersall, Katherine; Watts, Dave; Williams, Alan; Wyatt, Mathew (Geoscience Australia, Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra Australia, 2019)

  As the rate of marine data acquisition increases, so too does the need for that data to abide by the FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) principles. From the nation’s perspective, a coherent and assessable ...
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  Scoping of new field manuals for marine sampling in Australian waters. Report to the National Environmental Science Programme. 

  Przeslawski, Rachel; Bodrossy, Lev; Carroll, Andrew; Cheal, Alistair; Depczynski, Martial; Foster, Scott; Hardesty, Britta Denise; Hedge, Paul; Langlois, Tim; Lara-Lopez, Ana; Lepastrier, Aero; Mancini, Sebastien; Miller, Karen; Monk, Jacquomo; Navarro, Matt; Nichol, Scott; Sagar, Stephen; Stuart-Smith, Rick; van de Kamp, Jodie; Williams, Joel (Geoscience Australia, Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2019)

  A suite of field manuals was released by the NESP Marine Hub in early 2018 to facilitate a national monitoring framework, with a focus on seven marine sampling platforms: multibeam sonar, autonomous underwater vehicles, ...
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  Australian Sub-bottom Profiling Guidelines: AusSeabed Community Guidelines. [ENDORSED PRACTICE] 

  McNeil, Mardi; Bergersen, Douglas; Johnstone, Elizabeth; Vandenbossche, Philippe; Yule, Christopher (Geoscience Australia, Canberra, Australia, 2023)

  The Australian Sub-bottom Profiling (SBP) Guidelines are intended to establish a standardised approach to the acquisition of SBP data in an Australian context. Developed by the AusSeabed community, the aim is to provide ...
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  A two-part seabed geomorphology classification scheme, Version 2.0. Part 1: Morphology features glossary. [ENDORSED PRACTICE] 

  Dove, Dayton; Nanson, Rachel; Bjarnadóttir, Lilja R.; Guinan, Janine; Gafeira, Joana; Post, Alix; Dolan, Margaret F.J.; Stewart, Heather; Arosio, Riccardo; Scott, Gill (Geoscience Australia on behalf of the International Seabed Geomorphology Mapping Working Group (ISGM), 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. [ENDORSED PRACTICE] 

  Nanson, Rachel; Arosio, Riccardo; Gafeira, Joana; McNeil, Mardi; Dove, Dayton; Bjarnadóttir, Lilja; Dolan, Margaret; Guinan, Janine; Post, Alix; Webb, John; Nichol, Scott (Geoscience Austrlalia on behalf of the International Seabed Geomorphology Mapping Working Group (ISGM), 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. [ENDORSED PRACTICE] 

  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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