BRUVS (TM) - Fish and Benthic survey of Sahul Shoals 2004-12-03 to 2004-12-18

The dataset comprises 6173 individuals from 232 species of fishes, sharks, rays and sea snakes observed at around Sahul Shoals using 108 baited remote underwater video stations (BRUVS(TM)). 886 images were captured from these cameras.

Approximately 3500 of the best images from all BRUVS (TM) projects are stored in a reference library.

Data recorded concern:
- classification of the habitat in the field of view (topography, sediments, benthos)
- the identity of fish and CAABCODES
- their time of arrival
- their behaviour (8 categories, including feeding on the bait)
- their maturity (adult or juvenile)
- their relative abundance (as MaxN = the maximum number visible at one time, or distinguishable at different times as separate individuals e.g. much larger/smaller, male/female)
- the time elapsed before MaxN and feeding occurs.

A custom interface has been developed by AIMS staff, using Microsoft Access, for reading and analysis of BRUVS(TM) tapes.

本数据集涵盖了在萨胡尔浅滩（Sahul Shoals）周边，依托108台诱饵式远程水下视频站（BRUVS(TM)）观测得到的232个物种的6173个个体，涵盖鱼类、鲨鱼、鳐类与海蛇。共从这些设备中采集获得886张影像。

来自所有BRUVS(TM)项目的约3500张优质影像被收录至参考数据库中。

所记录的数据涵盖以下内容：
- 视场范围内的生境分类（含地形、沉积物与底栖生物）
- 鱼类的物种身份与CAAB编码（CAABCODES）
- 个体抵达观测点的时间
- 行为特征（共8类，包含以诱饵为食的行为）
- 成熟状态（成体或幼体）
- 相对丰度（以MaxN表示，即单次观测可见的最大个体数，或可通过不同时段区分的独立个体，例如体型差异悬殊、雄性或雌性个体）
- MaxN出现前的时长以及取食行为发生前的时长。

澳大利亚海洋科学研究所（AIMS）工作人员基于Microsoft Access开发了一款定制化界面，用于读取和分析BRUVS(TM)录制的影像数据。