TemperateReefBase Geonetwork Catalogue
Reef Life Survey (RLS): Invertebrates
[This data has been superseded by a synthesised global dataset which includes additional ecological data contributed by non-RLS entities (National Reef Monitoring Network). Please visit the corresponding NRMN Collection (IMOS - National Reef Monitoring Network Sub-Facility - Global mobile macroinvertebrate abundance) for the most current version of this data. See "Downloads and Links" section below.]
Reef Life Survey is designed to develop and resource a network of skilled recreational divers for rapid and cost-effective assessment of the state of the inshore marine environment at the global scale. The project uses standardised underwater visual census methods employed by trained SCUBA divers to survey fish and invertebrate species and to record habitat type using photo quadrats - this dataset refers to the cryptic fish and invertebrate survey component only.
Simple
Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2008-04-22T11:05:00
Principal investigator
Collaborator
- Purpose
- The dataset generated by recreational divers provides a national framework for monitoring the state of the inshore environment and the identification of those threats and locations of greatest conservation concern. The project also increases awareness and interest by the recreational diving community in marine issues, and enhanced scientific capacity of personnel in regional areas.
- Credit
- Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities (CERF) Program, an Australian Government initiative supporting world class, public good research - Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
- Credit
- Marine Biodiversity Hub, a collaborative partnership supported through the Australian Government’s National Environmental Research Program (NERP)
- Credit
- Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, University of Tasmania
- Credit
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania
- Credit
- People and Parks Foundation
- Credit
- Caring for our Country, Community CoastCare Grant
- Credit
- NRM and local management boards around Australia
- Credit
- State Marine Biodiversity Management Agencies around Australia
- Credit
- Trained volunteer diver network
- Status
- On going
Principal investigator
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Edgar, Graham (Associate Professor)
IMAS - Taroona
Private Bag 49
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia
Collaborator
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Stuart-Smith, Rick (Research Fellow)
IMAS - Taroona
Private Bag 49
Hobart
TAS
7001
Australia
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2006-01-02T00:00:00
Vertical element
- Minimum value
- 0
- Maximum value
- 50
- Identifier
- EPSG::5715
- Name
- MSL depth
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Irregular
Resource format
- Title
- CSV
- Date
- Edition
- n/a
- Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords Version 8.0
- Keywords (Discipline)
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- Temperate Reef
- Tropical Reef
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
- Keywords (Theme)
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- Assemblage composition - fish
- Abundance - fish
- Assemblage composition - mobile invertebrates
- Abundance - invertebrates
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
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- Community Ecology
- Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/au/88x31.png
License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
- Website
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/
License Text
- Other constraints
- Edgar, GJ and Stuart-Smith, RD [year-of-data-downloaded], Reef Life Survey (RLS): Invertebrates. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS). Data accessed at https://catalogue-rls.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/en/metadata.show?uuid=60978150-1641-11dd-a326-00188b4c0af8b on [date-of-access].
- Other constraints
- Please also cite the associated data paper when using this data: Edgar, GJ and Stuart-Smith, RD, “Systematic global assessment of reef fish communities by the Reef Life Survey program”, Scientific Data, 1 Article 140007. doi:10.1038/sdata.2014.7 ISSN 2052-4463 (2014)
- Other constraints
- The data described in this record are the intellectual property of the Reef Life Survey Foundation Inc. and is managed by the University of Tasmania through the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania.
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Supplemental Information
- Mora, C* and Aburto-Oropeza, O* and Ayala Bocos, A* and Ayotte, PM* and Banks, S* and Bauman, AG* and Beger, M* and Bessudo, S* and Booth, DJ* and Brokovich, E* and Brooks, A* and Chabanet, P* and Cinner, JE* and Cortes, J* and Cruz-Motta, JJ* and Magana, AC* and DeMartini, EE* and Edgar, GJ and Feary, DA* and Ferse, SCA* and Friedlander, AM* and Gaston, G* and Gough, C* and Graham, NAJ* and Green, A* and Guzman, H* and Hardt, M* and Kulbicki, M* and Letourneur, Y* and Perez, AL* and Loreau, M* and Loya, Y* and Martinez, C* and Mascarenas-Osorio, I* and Morove, T* and Nadon, MO* and Nakamura, Y* and Paredes, G* and Polunin, NV* and Pratchett, MS* and Bonilla, HR* and Rivera, F* and Sala, E* and Sandin, SA* and Soler, G* and Stuart-Smith, RD and Tessier, E* and Tittensor, DP* and Tupper, M* and Usseglio, P* and Vigliola, L* and Wantiez, L* and Williams, I* and Wilson, SK* and Zapata, FA*, ‘Global human footprint on the linkage between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in reef fishes’, Public Library of Science Biology, 9 (4) pp. 1-9. ISSN 1544-9173 (2011) Edgar, GJ and Barrett, NS and Stuart-Smith, RD, ‘Exploited reefs protected from fishing transform over decades into conservation features otherwise absent from seascapes’, Ecological Applications, 19 (8) pp. 1967-1974. ISSN 1051-0761 (2009) Edgar, GJ and Stuart-Smith, RD, ‘Ecological effects of marine protected areas on rocky reef communities - a continental-scale analysis’, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 388 pp. 51-62. ISSN 0171-8630 (2009)
Content Information
- Content type
- Physical measurement
- Name
- Assemblage composition - fish
- Name
- All species sighted along a belt transect (250m2)
- Name
- Abundance - fish
- Name
- Number per 250m2
- Name
- Assemblage composition - mobile invertebrates
- Name
- All mobile invertebrate species sighted along a belt transect (50m2)
- Name
- Abundance - invertebrates
- Name
- Number per 50m2
- Description
- See full description of biotic abundance counts in parameters listed above.
Identifier
- Code
- Abundance of biota
- Description
- See full description of biotic taxonomic identification in parameters listed above.
Identifier
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- Microsoft Excel
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- SUPERSEDED BY: IMOS - National Reef Monitoring Network - Global mobile macroinvertebrate abundance
- OnLine resource
- View the globally synthesised collection containing this data in the AODN Data Portal.
- OnLine resource
- Reef Life Survey Methods Manual [direct download]
- OnLine resource
- Reef Life Survey website
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Line transects 50 m in length are laid along a depth contour. Densities of fishes are recorded along duplicate 50 m x 5 m transects. For this, the diver swims at 2.5 m from the transect line, recording all fish 2.5 m to either side, replicating this for both sides of the transect line. Large invertebrates such as rock lobsters, abalone and sea urchins are recorded within duplicate 50 m x 1 m blocks along the transect. For this the diver searches a 1 m strip to one side of the transect line (brushing away algae, searching crevices etc) recording invertebrates > 2.5 cm, and also recording cryptic fish (that would have been missed in the fish swim). GPS location, date, time, depth and visibility are also recorded. A Standardized Survey Procedures for Monitoring Reef Ecosystems is under revision, please contact the project for access (reeflife.survey@utas.edu.au).
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Platform
Identifier
- Code
- diver
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- 60978150-1641-11dd-a326-00188b4c0af8
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Principal investigator
Collaborator
Point of contact
- Parent metadata
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/60978150-1641-11dd-a326-00188b4c0af8
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2021-06-10T13:25:25
- Date info (Revision)
- 2021-06-10T13:25:25
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018
Overviews
thumbnail
Spatial extent
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Provided by
Associated resources
Not available