Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) - Surveys of Octocoral communities, benthic cover and environmental factors on coral reefs of Hong Kong. (1999)

All surveys were carried out by the principal researcher using Rapid Ecological Assessment. The dataset comprises 41 surveys from 21 reef locations, recording 42 species in 23 genera (dominated by azooxanthellate taxa).

On each reef, 1-3 sites were surveyed with up to 5 transects (usually 200-300m long, 1-3m wide for 10-15 minutes) per site at pre-defined depths (1-3m, 3-8m, 8-13m, 13-18m and reef flat).

Taxa recorded: octocorals (soft corals, gorgonians, sea fans, sea whips, sea pens, leather corals, arborescent octocorals, blue coral, stoloniferans), black and wire coral. Note that species are 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.

本研究所有调查均由首席研究员采用快速生态评估（Rapid Ecological Assessment）方法开展。本数据集包含来自21个珊瑚礁点位的41次调查记录，共记录了23个属下的42个物种，类群以无虫黄藻类群（azooxanthellate taxa）为主。
每个珊瑚礁布设1-3个调查样点，每个样点最多设置5条样带（样带通常长200-300米、宽1-3米，调查时长10-15分钟），调查点位预设在以下水深区间：1-3米、3-8米、8-13米、13-18米以及礁坪。
记录的类群包括：八放珊瑚（octocorals，含软珊瑚、柳珊瑚、海扇、海鞭、海笔、皮革珊瑚、树状八放珊瑚、蓝珊瑚、匍匐珊瑚类）以及黑珊瑚和铁丝珊瑚。需注意，本次记录的物种大多仅鉴定至属级。
所有类群均已与世界海洋物种登记册（World Register of Marine Species, WoRMS）进行匹配校准。本数据集于2018年7月从海洋生物地理信息系统（Ocean Biogeographic Information System, OBIS）的原始DiGIR数据集获取，并根据OBIS最新的数据要求完成了更新。