Browsing Marine Sampling Field Manuals by Issue Date

Marine Sampling Field Manual for Pelagic Stereo BRUVS (Baited Remote Underwater Videos) [Version 1]. [SUPERSEDED by DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-918]

Bouchet, P.; Meeuwig, J.; Huveneers, C.; Langlois, T.; Letessier, T.; Lowry, M.; Rees, M.; Santana-Garcon, J.; Scott, M.; Taylor, M.; Thompson, C.; Vigliola, L.; Whitmarsh, S. (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2018)

This manual relates to gear designed to acquire digital video imagery of macro-organisms living in the ocean’s water column, from small zooplankton (Letessier et al. 2013a) to marine mega-vertebrates (Letessier ...

Marine Sampling Field Manual for Towed Underwater Camera Systems [Version 1]. [SUPERSEDED by DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-918]

Carroll, A.; Althaus, F.; Beaman, R.; Friedman, A.; lerodiaconou, D.; Ingleton, T.; Jordan, A.; Linklater, M.; Monk, J.; Post, A.; Przeslawski, R.; Smith, J.; Stowar, M.; Tran, M.; Tyndall, A. (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2018)

As still and video cameras can be mounted to tow bodies in a variety of ways (Figure 7.2, Table 7.1), this field manual does not mandate specific gear types. Rather, it provides recommendations for ...

Marine Sampling Field Manual for Grabs and Box Corers [Version 1]. [SUPERSEDED by DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-918]

Przeslawski, R.; Berents, P.; Clark, M.; Edgar, G.; Frid, C.; Hughes, L.; Ingleton, T.; Kennedy, D.; Nichol, S.; Smith, J. (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2018)

This Grab and Box Corer Field Manual includes gear designed to sample unconsolidated sediment and organisms on the seafloor. General steps are outlined in Figure 9.1 and described in detail in the sections ...

Marine Sampling Field Manual for Benthic Sleds and Bottom Trawls [Version 1]. [SUPERSEDED by DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-918]

Przeslawski, R.; Althaus, F.; Clark, M.; Colquhoun, J.; Gledhill, D.; Flukes, E.; Foster, S.; O’Hara, T.; Proctor, R. (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2018)

This Sled and Trawl Field Manual includes gear designed to sample organisms on the seafloor, excluding microbes and meiofauna (see chapters in Eleftheriou and Mcintyre 2005, Danovaro 2010 for such methods). ...

Marine Sampling Field Manual for Benthic Stereo BRUVS (Baited Remote Underwater Videos) [Version 1]. [SUPERSEDED by DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-918]

Langlois, T; Williams, J; Monk, J; Bouchet, P; Currey, L; Goetze, J; Harasti, D; Huveneers, C; lerodiaconou, D; Malcolm, H; Whitmarsh, S (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2018)

This benthic stereo-BRUVs Field Manual includes gear designed to acquire imagery of demersal fish assemblages and their habitat within the field of view. A separate manual will address sampling pelagic fish ...

Marine Sampling Field Manual for AUV's (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) [Version 1]. [SUPERSEDED by DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-918]

Monk, J; Barrett, N; Bridge, T; Carroll, A; Friedman, A; lerodiaconou, D; Jordan, A; Kendrick, G; Lucieer, V (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2018)

The primary aim of this field manual is to establish a consistent approach to marine benthic sampling using AUVs and facilitate statistically sound comparisons between studies. This manual will focus on hover class ...

Statistical Considerations for Monitoring and Sampling [Version 1]. [SUPERSEDED by DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-918]

Foster, S.D; Monk, J; Lawrence, E; Hayes, KR; Hosack, GR; Przeslawski, R (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2018)

This chapter will not follow the usual presentation for statistical design in ecology. Rather, we will focus on what we believe to be most important aspects from a practical (and management) ...

Seafloor Mapping Field Manual for Multibeam Sonar [Version 1]. [SUPERSEDED by DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-918]

Lucieer, V; Picard, K; Siwabessy, J; Jordan, A; Tran, M; Monk, J (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2018)

This manual refers to the use of multibeam or interferometric echosounders (referred herein as just multibeam or MBES) to conduct surveys of seafloor bathymetry and backscatter that can be used to derive maps of ...

Field Manuals for Marine Sampling to Monitor Australian Waters, Version 1. [SUPERSEDED by DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-918]

Przeslawski, Rachel; Foster, Scott (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2018)

Australia has one of the world’s largest marine estates that includes many vulnerable habitats and a high biodiversity, with many endemic species crossing a wide latitudinal range. The marine estate is used by a variety ...

Field Manuals for Marine Sampling in Australian Waters, Version 2.

Przeslawski, Rachel; Foster, Scott (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2020)

The Marine Biodiversity Hub has developed a suite of field manuals to ensure that data collected by marine sampling platforms at different times and places across Australia are directly comparable. The Marine Sampling ...

Impact and Outcomes of Marine Sampling Best Practices.

Przeslawski, Rachel; Foster, Scott D; Langlois, Tim; Gibbons, Brooke; Monk, Jacquomo (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2021)

In 2017, the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub committed to developing field manuals for selected marine sampling platforms to ensure that data collected at different times and places across Australia are directly comparable. ...

Developing Ocean Best Practices in Australia. [Video]

Przeslawski, Rachel; Foster, Scott; Langlois, Tim; Bax, Nic (NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Canberra, Australia, 2021)

Ocean best practices are increasingly recognised as a way to facilitate the collection and use of quality, comparable and collatable data. International efforts have focussed on criteria of what should be elevated to a ...

Australian Multibeam Guidelines [Version 2]

Picard, K.; Leplastrier, A.; Austine, K.; Bergensen, N.; Cullen, R.; Dando, N.; Donohue, D.; Edwards, S.; Ingleton, T.; Jordan, A.; Lucieer, V.; Parnum, I.; Siwabessy, J.; Spinoccia, M.; Talbot-Smith, R.; Waterson, C.; Barrett, N.; Beaman, R.; Bergersen, D.; Boyd, M.; Brace, B.; Brooke, B.; Cantrill, O.; Case, M.; Dunne, S.; Felllows, M.; Harris, U.; Ierodicaonou, D.; Johnstone, E.; Kennedy, P.; Lewis, A.; Lytton, S.; Mackay, K.; McLennan, S.; Mitchell, C.; Nichol, S.; Post, A.; Price, A.; Przeslawski, R.; Pugsley, L.; Quadros, N.; Smith, J.; Stewart, W.; Sullivan, J.; Tran, M.; Whiteway, T.

The primary objective of this guideline is thus to establish common approaches of acquisition and processing that will result in greater applicability and interoperability of swath acoustic mapping data. These approaches ...