dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-05T13:08:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-07-05T13:08:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Reef Life Survey (2015) Standardised survey procedures for monitoring rocky and coral reef ecological communities. Hobart, Tasmania, Reef Life Survey, 40pp. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-33 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11329/447 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-33 | |
dc.description.abstract | This manual describes the standard Reef
Life Survey (RLS) methods for estimating
densities
of fishes, large
macroinvertebrates, and sessile communities on rocky and coral
reefs.
These (and compatible)
methods have
been
used
in thousands of surveys all around the world and at
some locations for more than 20
years.
Visual census techniques
such as these provide an effective
, non
-
destructive way to monitor species at shallow
-
water sites
because large amounts of data on a broad range of species can be collected within a short dive period, with little post
-
processing time required.
The broad
taxonomic
range covered allows detection of
human impacts affecting different levels
of the food
web, making these methods ideal
for assessing and monitoring ecological consequences of point source
impacts
such
as pollution, oil spills, ocean warming and coral bleaching events, as well as the effectiveness of
management
actions such as
the declaration of Marine Protected Areas (
MPAs), for example. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Reef Life Survey | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Survey methods | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Invertebrates | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Coral reefs | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Biodiversity | |
dc.subject.other | Community ecology | |
dc.subject.other | Conservation | |
dc.subject.other | Species abundance | |
dc.title | Standardised survey procedures for monitoring rocky and coral reef ecological communities. | en_US |
dc.type | Report | en_US |
dc.description.status | Published | en_US |
dc.format.pages | 40pp. | en_US |
dc.contributor.corpauthor | Reef Life Survey | en_US |
dc.description.refereed | Refereed | en_US |
dc.publisher.place | Hobart, Tasmania | en_US |
dc.subject.parameterDiscipline | Parameter Discipline::Biological oceanography | en_US |
dc.subject.parameterDiscipline | Parameter Discipline::Biological oceanography::Biota composition | en_US |
dc.subject.instrumentType | Instrument Type Vocabulary::Biological and biogeochemical models | en_US |
dc.subject.instrumentType | Instrument Type Vocabulary::manual biota samplers | en_US |
dc.subject.instrumentType | Instrument Type Vocabulary::observers | en_US |
dc.subject.dmProcesses | Data Management Practices::Data acquisition | en_US |
dc.subject.dmProcesses | Data Management Practices::Data processing | en_US |
dc.description.currentstatus | Current | en_US |
dc.description.sdg | 14.2 | en_US |
dc.description.sdg | 14.4 | |
dc.description.eov | Hard coral cover and composition | en_US |
dc.description.eov | Fish abundance and distribution | en_US |
dc.description.eov | Macroalgal canopy cover | en_US |
dc.description.maturitylevel | TRL 9 Actual system "mission proven" through successful mission operations (ground or space) | en_US |
dc.description.bptype | Best Practice | en_US |
dc.description.bptype | Manual | en_US |
obps.contact.contactname | rick.stuartsmith@utas.edu.au | |
obps.resourceurl.publisher | https://reeflifesurvey.com/ | en_US |