Reef Life Survey

Reef Life Survey (RLS) aims to improve biodiversity conservation and the sustainable management of marine resources through the production of high-quality survey information at spatial and temporal scales beyond those possible by scientific dive teams (which have to work with increasingly limited resources). It does this through the skills of experienced and motivated recreational SCUBA divers, as well as through partnerships with management agencies and a steering committee comprising managers, scientists and recreational divers (see RLS Steering Committee). RLS thus represents a dynamic cooperation between scientists, marine managers and recreational SCUBA divers, such that the skills and resources available for collecting, analysing, interpreting and effectively using broad-scale, sub-tidal biodiversity information are maximised.

珊瑚礁生命调查（Reef Life Survey, RLS）旨在通过产出高质量调查信息，突破科学潜水团队受限于日益有限的资源所能达成的时空尺度，进而提升生物多样性保护与海洋资源可持续管理水平。该项目依托经验丰富、积极性饱满的休闲水肺（SCUBA）潜水员的专业技能，同时通过与管理机构以及由管理者、科学家和休闲水肺潜水员组成的指导委员会（详见RLS指导委员会）开展合作，实现上述目标。因此，珊瑚礁生命调查（RLS）构建了科学家、海洋管理者与休闲水肺潜水员之间的动态协作机制，可最大化用于收集、分析、解读并有效利用大范围潮下带生物多样性信息的技能与资源。