Repository of community practices in Ocean Research, Applications and Data/Information Management
  • About
  • FAQs
  • About
  • FAQs
    • Login
    View Item 
    •   Repository OceanBestPractices
    • ⇒ ZZZ_Miscellaneous Communities
    • Miscellaneous Community Practices
    • View Item
    •   Repository OceanBestPractices
    • ⇒ ZZZ_Miscellaneous Communities
    • Miscellaneous Community Practices
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Systematic global assessment of reef fish communities by the Reef Life Survey program.

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    PDF (543.2Kb)
    Average rating    votes
    Date
    2014
    Author
    Edgar, Graham J.
    Stuart-Smith, Rick D.
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    Discussion of the Reef Life Survey Methods Manual: https://www.oceanbestpractices.net/handle/11329/447. Established in 2007 as a means to overcome the shortage of resources and capacity to provide quantitative data on marine species over large temporal and spatial scales, the Reef Life Survey (RLS) program has involved data collection by an international network of trained volunteer (or ‘citizen’) scientists and professional biologists largely acting in a voluntary capacity. Focussing on quality of outputs and consistency of data through selective inclusion and training of volunteer participants, rather than broader engagement of all interested, RLS fills a niche between other citizen science programs and large-scale professional initiatives such as the Census of Marine Life. The RLS program represents a marine analogue to well-organized and large-scale amateur bird watching programs (e.g., eBird and the Christmas Bird Count), but with a more structured quantitative sampling me.....
    Resource URL
    www.nature.com/scientificdata
    Journal
    Scientific Data
    Volume
    1
    Issue
    140007
    Page Range
    8pp.
    Document Language
    en
    Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
    14.2
    14.4
    Essential Ocean Variables (EOV)
    Hard coral cover and composition
    Fish abundance and distribution
    Macroalgal canopy cover
    Best Practice Type
    Best Practice
    Manual
    DOI Original
    10.1038/sdata.2014.7
    Citation
    Edgar, G.J. and Stuart-Smith, R.D. (2014) Systematic global assessment of reef fish communities by the Reef Life Survey program. Scientific Data, 1, 140007, 8pp. DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2014.7.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/11329/448
    http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-34
    Collections
    • Miscellaneous Community Practices [469]

    What results are displayed?

    Perform Semantic Advanced Search.

    Browse

    All of OceanBestPracticesCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    View Usage StatisticsView Google Analytics Statistics

    © . UNESCO/IOC Project office for IODE Oostende, Belgium.
    Help Desk | Send Feedback

    How to Cite: OceanBestPractices Repository. Oostende, Belgium, International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange(IODE). [Database]. Available: https://repository.oceanbestpractices.org/.

            

    Disclaimer: IOC/IODE does not warrant that the information, documents and materials contained in the OceanBestPractices repository website is complete and correct and shall not be liable whatsoever for any damages incurred as a result of its use.
    The information, data, statements, geographical boundaries, maps and declarations expressed in documents in this repository do not imply the official endorsement or acceptance by UNESCO. Contributors to this repository are solely responsible for the contents of their uploaded documents, the inclusion of which in this repository does not mean the approval or acceptance by UNESCO.

    Privacy Policy