TemperateReefBase Geonetwork Catalogue
Reef Life Survey (RLS): Habitat Quadrats
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 particular dataset refers to the photo quadrats 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
- Canon Environmental Grants program
- 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
- 2006-01-01T00:00:00
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
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): Habitat Quadrats. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS). Data accessed at https://catalogue-rls.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/en/metadata.show?uuid=6e9c4980-1005-11dd-b28e-00188b4c0af8 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
Content Information
- Content type
- Physical measurement
- Description
- Habitat classification (photoquadrats)
Identifier
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- Images (JPEG)
- Scoring data (CSV)
Distributor
Distributor
- OnLine resource
- SUPERSEDED BY: IMOS - National Reef Monitoring Network - Benthic cover data (in situ surveys)
- OnLine resource
- IMAGES - API for RLS Photo Quadrats (jpg)
- OnLine resource
- Reef Life Survey website
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Line transects 50 m in length are laid along a depth contour. Information on the percentage cover of sessile animals and seaweeds along the transect lines are monitored using photo-quadrats taken sequentially each 2.5 m along the 50 m transect. Digital photo-quadrats are taken vertically-downward from a height sufficient to encompass an area of at least 0.3 m x 0.3 m. GPS location, date, time, depth and visibility will also be 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
- urn:uuid/6e9c4980-1005-11dd-b28e-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/6e9c4980-1005-11dd-b28e-00188b4c0af8
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2021-06-10T13:25:43
- Date info (Revision)
- 2024-02-19T13:09:04
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018
Overviews
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Spatial extent
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Associated resources
Not available