Shelf Rocky Reefs KEF in the vicinity of the Solitary Islands Survey - Underwater video, still images and positional information

Geoscience Australia completed an underwater towed video survey (GA survey 0338) of the Shelf Rocky Reefs Key Ecological Feature (KEF) in the vicinity of the Solitary Islands in collaboration with the New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage on the R.V. Bombora between 7 - 16 August 2012. The aim of the survey was to characterize benthic habitat in areas of the KEF, and to compare and contrast the effectiveness of different methods for capturing visual representations of biological communities. The survey collected forward-facing mono video, forward-facing stereo video, and downward facing stills along 12 transects, each of 2 km length. The geographic position of the vessel was determined using a GPS system, and the location of the towed camera body was recorded using a USBL system.

The KEF survey was part of the National Marine Biodiversity Hub's National Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting Theme. The aim of this theme is to develop a blueprint for the sustained monitoring of the Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network, specifically; 1) to contribute to an inventory of demersal and epibenthic conservation values in the KEF and; 2) to test methodologies and deployment strategies in order to inform future survey design efforts.

Embargo statement: Resource embargoed pending completion of NERP research. Release date 31 December 2014

Attribution statement: Users of NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub data are required to clearly acknowledge the source of the material in the format: "Data was sourced from the NERP Marine Biodiversity Hub" the Marine Biodiversity Hub is supported through funding from the Australian Government's National Environmental Research Program (NERP), administered by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (DSEWPaC)."

Dataset name: National Environmental Research Program (NERP) Marine Biodiversity Hub, 2012, Flinders Commonwealth Marine Reserve Shelf Backscatter

澳大利亚地球科学局（Geoscience Australia）于2012年8月7日至16日，搭乘“邦博拉号”科考船（R.V. Bombora），与新南威尔士州环境与遗产办公室合作，完成了孤岛附近海域陆架岩礁关键生态特征（Key Ecological Feature, KEF）的水下拖曳视频调查（GA调查0338号）。本次调查旨在表征该关键生态特征覆盖区域内的底栖生境，并对比评估不同方法获取生物群落视觉表征的有效性。调查沿12条单条长度为2千米的样带，采集了前视单通道视频、前视立体视频以及下视静态图像。科考船的地理位置通过GPS系统确定，拖曳式摄像装置的空间位置则通过超短基线（USBL）系统记录。

该关键生态特征调查隶属于国家海洋生物多样性中心的国家监测评估与报告主题。该主题的目标是为英联邦海洋保护区网络的长期监测制定框架蓝图，具体包括两项任务：1） 编制该关键生态特征内近底（demersal）与表底（epibenthic）生物群落的保育价值清单；2） 测试相关方法学与部署策略，为后续调查设计工作提供参考依据。

保密声明：本数据集暂受保密限制，待国家环境研究计划（NERP）相关研究完成后公开，公开日期为2014年12月31日。

归属声明：使用NERP海洋生物多样性中心数据的用户，须按以下格式明确标注数据来源：“本数据源自NERP海洋生物多样性中心”。海洋生物多样性中心由澳大利亚政府国家环境研究计划（NERP）资助，由可持续发展、环境、水、人口与社区部（Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, DSEWPaC）负责管理。

数据集名称：国家环境研究计划（NERP）海洋生物多样性中心，2012年，弗林德斯英联邦海洋保护区陆架后向散射数据集