Towed Video - Benthic survey of Conway Shoal, East Warrego, Barcoo Bank, Karamea Bank, Long Shoal, Hamilton Island, HardGround, West Warrego, ZoneBoundary (30-Jul-2007 - 10-Aug-2007 )

This data consists of 14936 records derived from 36 tows covering 31.51 km at 2.11m resolution, over a depth range of 4.0 to 499.0 meters. Classification of the benthos and substrate was based on 17 benthic classes and 6 substrate classes.Summary of the primary benthic categories recordedFilter feeders 0.35%Gorgonians 48.90%Hard Coral 22.25%Macroalgae 6.70%NoBenthos 21.03%Soft Coral 0.74%Summary of substrates recordedRubble 16.72%NoSub 0.04%Rock 15.12%Sand 27.04%Limestone 21.57%SandWaves 2.02%Stone 8.63%SandCoarse 8.82%A custom interface has been developed by AIMS staff for reading Towed Video tapes.