Towed Video - Benthic survey of West Warrego, Barcoo Bank, Karamea Bank (14-Feb-2007 - 16-Feb-2007 )

This data consists of 5418 records derived from 6 tows covering 10.421 km at 1.92m resolution, over a depth range of .7 to 50.1 meters. Classification of the benthos and substrate was based on 17 benthic classes and 6 substrate classes.Summary of the primary benthic categories recordedGorgonians 26.55%Hard Coral 19.17%Macroalgae 24.19%NoBenthos 9.59%Soft Coral 20.46%Summary of substrates recordedRubble 17.33%NoSub 0.03%Rock 3.24%Sand 7.05%Limestone 48.54%Silt 5.48%SandWaves 1.03%Stone 9.80%SandCoarse 7.47%A custom interface has been developed by AIMS staff for reading Towed Video tapes.