NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub Theme 1 Project 2 study - Baited Remote Underwater Video sampled in the Solitary Islands Region in 2012

These data were collected as part of a National Environmental Research Program (NERP) Marine Biodiversity Hub project (Theme 1 National Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting, Project 2 Analysis of approaches for monitoring biodiversity in Commonwealth Waters) undertaken in the Solitary Islands Region in August 2012. The Solitary Islands Key Ecological Feature (KEF) field survey had two broad objectives: 1) deploy and demonstrate various non-destructive field methods and 2) compare sampling patterns. These data comprise those collected using stereo-Baited Remote Underwater Video (stereo-BRUV). Four sixty minute stereo-BRUV drop replicates were deployed at two sites at each of five locations: 40 Acres Reef, Split Bommie, Patch, South and Relic Reef. There were 40 drops in total (4 x 2 x 5). An additional 23 drops were deployed at one of the locations (40 Acres Reef) to examine spatial autocorrelation.

本数据集采集自2012年8月于索利塔尔群岛海域开展的国家环境研究计划（NERP）海洋生物多样性枢纽项目（主题1：国家监测评估与报告，项目2：联邦管辖水域生物多样性监测方法分析）。索利塔尔群岛关键生态特征（KEF）野外调查设有两大核心目标：一是部署并验证多种非破坏性野外调查方法，二是对比不同采样方案的效果。本数据集涵盖采用立体诱饵式远程水下视频（stereo-BRUV）采集的全部相关数据。研究团队在5个站位（40英亩礁、斯普利特岩柱、帕奇礁、南礁与遗迹礁）的每个子站点，均布设4组时长60分钟的立体诱饵式远程水下视频重复投放作业，总计完成40次投放（4×2×5）。此外，为探究空间自相关性，研究团队在其中一个站位（40英亩礁）额外布设了23次投放作业。