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A Suite of Field Manuals for Marine Sampling to Monitor Australian Waters.
(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 ...
Comparison of sampling methods to assess benthic marine biodiversity. Are spatial and ecological relationships consistent among sampling gear?
(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 ...
Field Manuals for Marine Sampling in Australian Waters, Version 2.
(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 ...
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 [SUPERSEDED by DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-918]
(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 ...
Choosing between strategies for designing surveys: autonomous underwater vehicles.
(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 ...
Marine Sampling Field Manual for Towed Underwater Camera Systems [Version 1]. [SUPERSEDED by DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-918]
(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 ...
Marine Sampling Field Manual for Grabs and Box Corers [Version 1]. [SUPERSEDED by DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-918]
(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 ...
Marine Sampling Field Manual for Benthic Sleds and Bottom Trawls [Version 1]. [SUPERSEDED by DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-918]
(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). ...
CATAMI classification scheme for scoring marine biota and sub-strata in underwater imagery. Version 1.4.
(National Environmental Research Program, Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2014)
Transforming raw underwater imagery into quantitative information useful for science and
policy decisions requires substantial manual effort by human experts. This process will soon
become unsustainable as the volume of ...
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]
(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 ...