Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) - Surveys of Octocoral communities, benthic cover and environmental factors on coral reefs of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea (2002)

All surveys were carried out by the principal researcher using Rapid Ecological Assessment. The dataset comprises 41 sites. Each site was surveyed with up to 5 transects (usually 200-300m long, 1-3m wide for 10-15 minutes) at pre-defined depths (1-3m, 3-8m, 8-13m, 13-18m and reef flat). Species recorded: octocorals (soft corals, gorgonians, sea fans, sea whips, sea pens, leather corals, arborescent octocorals, blue coral, stoloniferans), black and wire coral. Note that taxa were recorded mostly at generic level. Taxa have been matched to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). This dataset was sourced on July 2018 from the original DiGIR dataset at OBIS and updated to reflect changes in the OBIS data requirements.

所有调查均由首席研究员采用快速生态评估（Rapid Ecological Assessment）完成。该数据集包含41个调查位点，每个位点通过最多5条样带（通常长200-300米、宽1-3米，调查时长10-15分钟）进行调查，样带设置于预设深度区间（1-3米、3-8米、8-13米、13-18米）及礁坪区域。记录的物种包括：八放珊瑚（软珊瑚、柳珊瑚、海扇、海鞭、海笔、皮革珊瑚、树状八放珊瑚、蓝珊瑚、匍匐珊瑚）、黑珊瑚及线珊瑚。需注意，分类群记录大多处于属级水平。分类群已与世界海洋物种登记册（WoRMS）进行匹配。本数据集于2018年7月源自OBIS中的原始DiGIR数据集，并已更新以符合OBIS数据要求的变更。