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.

本数据集所有野外调查均由首席研究员采用快速生态评估（Rapid Ecological Assessment）方法开展，共包含41个调查样地。
每个样地均按照预设的水深梯度（1-3m、3-8m、8-13m、13-18m及礁坪）布设调查样带，每个样地最多设置5条样带；单条样带通常长200-300m、宽1-3m，调查时长为10-15分钟。
本次记录的生物类群包括八放珊瑚（octocorals），具体涵盖软珊瑚、柳珊瑚、海扇、海鞭、海笔、皮革珊瑚、树状八放珊瑚、蓝珊瑚及匍匐类八放珊瑚，此外还有黑珊瑚与丝珊瑚。需注意，本次记录的分类单元大多仅鉴定至属级。
所有分类单元均已匹配至世界海洋物种登记册（World Register of Marine Species, WoRMS）。本数据集于2018年7月从海洋生物多样性信息系统（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。