Ningaloo and Outer Shark Bay Baseline Survey 2014, Western Australia (WEL)

Remote sampling (TOWVID, BRUVS) of corals and fish in outer Shark Bay (Cruise 6082). Diver-based coral and fish surveys at Ningaloo and Muiron Islands (Cruise 6122).
To establish spatially replicated baseline data for Ningaloo, the Muiron Islands and outer Shark Bay suitable for monitoring changes in community condition and attributing these to major disturbances, whether background exposure to temperature anomalies, cyclones or other natural perturbations, or in the unlikely event of a major hydrocarbon release from Oil and Gas activities in the region.
Baseline surveys will use AIMS Long-Term Monitoring (LTM) methods and experimental design approach, which are a global benchmark for quantifying changes in benthic and fish communities, and will enable direct comparison of Ningaloo and the Muiron Islands plus outer Shark Bay with baseline datasets from other reefs of the NW shelf, e.g., the Rowley Shoals and Scott Reef, other offshore submerged banks and shoals, as well as with past data collected by AIMS at Ningaloo.

针对外鲨鱼湾（6082航次）的珊瑚与鱼类开展TOWVID、BRUVS远程采样；并在宁格鲁与缪伦群岛开展基于潜水员的珊瑚与鱼类调查（6122航次）。
本研究旨在为宁格鲁、缪伦群岛及外鲨鱼湾建立具备空间重复性的基线数据集，以用于监测群落状态变化，并将此类变化归因于各类主要干扰因素：既包括温度异常、气旋或其他自然扰动的本底暴露，也涵盖该区域油气活动发生重大烃类泄漏这种极端罕见的情形。
本次基线调查将采用澳大利亚海洋科学研究所（Australian Institute of Marine Science, AIMS）长期监测（Long-Term Monitoring, LTM）方法与实验设计范式，该范式是量化底栖生物与鱼类群落变化的全球基准，可实现宁格鲁、缪伦群岛及外鲨鱼湾与西北陆架其他礁体（如罗利浅滩（Rowley Shoals）、斯科特礁（Scott Reef））及其他近海淹没滩涂的基线数据集的直接比对，同时也可与AIMS此前在宁格鲁海域采集的历史数据进行对照分析。