NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Theme 1 - Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserve Pilot Study - Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Component
The Tasman Fracture CMR AUV survey was a pilot study undertaken in 2014/15 as part of the National Marine Biodiversity Hub's National monitoring, evaluation and reporting theme. The aim of this theme is to develop a bluepint for the sustained monitoring of the South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network. The particular aim of the survey was to contribute to an inventory of the distribution and cover of epibenthic biota in the reserve using IMOS AUV 'Sirius'.
Data contained here represents a scored subset of the ~ 18,400 images collected at the Tasman Fracture CMR. Images were scored for proportion cover of visible macrobiota using 25 random points superimposed on each image. Taxon were biologically classified using UTAS morphospecies classification scheme, which can be mapped back to CATAMI ( http://catami.org/).
Simple
Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2016-02-09
Principal investigator
- Purpose
- The compile an inventory of the distribution and cover of epibenthic biota in the Tasman Fracture CMR.
- Credit
- National Environmental Research Program (NERP) Marine Biodiversity Hub
Point of contact
- Topic category
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- Biota
Extent
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Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2015-03-01 2015-03-01
Vertical element
- Minimum value
- 90
- Maximum value
- 140
- Identifier
- EPSG::5715
- Name
- MSL depth
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
- Keywords (Taxon)
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- Bryozoa
- Cnidaria
- Echinodermata
- Porifera
- Hydrozoa
- Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords Version 8.0
- Keywords (Discipline)
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- Temperate Reef
- NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub Theme 1
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- Any users of NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub data are required to clearly acknowledge the source of the material in the format: "Data was sourced from the NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub – the Marine Biodiversity Hub is supported through funding from the Australian Government’s National Environmental Research Program (NERP), administered by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSEWPaC)." If relevant, also credit other organisations involved in collection of this particular datastream (as listed in ‘credit’ in the metadata record)
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License Text
- Other constraints
- Cite data as: Barrett N., Monk J. (2016). Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserve Pilot Study - Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Component. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS). Data accessed at http://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/en/metadata.show?uuid=69ca0060-c59a-4eb1-8f02-0e892298b604 on [access date].
- Other constraints
- Any users of NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub data are required to clearly acknowledge the source of the material in the format: "Data was sourced from the NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub – the Marine Biodiversity Hub is supported through funding from the Australian Government’s National Environmental Research Program (NERP), administered by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSEWPaC)."
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Content Information
- Content type
- Physical measurement
Identifier
- Code
- Abundance of biota
- Identifier
- http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UPCT
- Name
- Percent
Identifier
- Identifier
- http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P06/current/UPCT
- Name
- Percent
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- CSV
- OnLine resource
- DATA ACCESS - Tasman Fracture AUV scoring [direct download]
- OnLine resource
- SUPPLEMENTARY DATA - AUV images available through USYD Squidle
- OnLine resource
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imas:NERP_NBarrett_TasFracture_CMR_AUV_GV
MAP - AUV survey locations
- OnLine resource
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imas:NERP_NBarrett_TasFracture_CMR_AUV_GV
This OCG WFS service returns the data in subsettable CSV format.
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Seabed imagery was collected with a modified Seabed class AUV, the IMOS AUV “Sirius”. The AUV is equipped with stereo camera pair and strobes, and its’ location calculated using a Doppler Velocity Log including a compass with integrated roll and pitch sensors, Ultra Short Baseline Acoustic Positioning System (USBL), and a forward-looking obstacle avoidance sonar. Seabed images were collected with a synchronized pair of high-sensitivity 12 bit, 1.4 megapixel cameras (AVT Prosilica GC1380 and GC1380C; one monochrome and one color). The two AUV missions were targeted at selected reefs that were observed in the multibeam sonar data collected in this region. The two missions are located inside the CMR directly west of the Mewstone. Each AUV transect was pre-programmed so that the AUV tracked the seabed at an altitude of 2 m at a cruising speed of 0.5 ms-1, resulting in an approximate width of the field of view of 1.5 - 2.5 m per image. All surveys were conducted during daylight hours. Selected AUV Imagery was scored for proportion cover of taxon using 25 random points superimposed on the image in TransectMeasure (SeaGIS). For each superimposed point the underlying taxon was identified to morphospecies level using the UTAS morphospecies classification scheme (available upon request), which can be Collaborative and Annotation Tools for Analysis of Marine Imagery (CATAMI) classification scheme ((http://catami.org/).
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Platform
Identifier
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- 69ca0060-c59a-4eb1-8f02-0e892298b604
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Metadata linkage
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https://metadata.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/69ca0060-c59a-4eb1-8f02-0e892298b604
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2020-08-14T12:01:26
- Date info (Revision)
- 2020-08-14T12:01:26
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018
Overviews
Spatial extent
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