Dataset: BRUVS (TM) - Fish and Benthic survey of Southern Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Seabed Project Cruise 6 2005-10-26 to 2005-11-29

Description

The dataset comprises 7003 individuals from 195 species of fishes, sharks, rays and sea snakes observed at 74 sites (Southern Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Seabed Project Cruise 6) using 287 baited remote underwater video stations (BRUVS(TM)). 1933 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.

General Information

• Australian Institute of Marine Science
• Create Date: 24/06/2017
• Update Date: 11/08/2023
• Landing Page: https://data.gov.au/dataset/625bb423-514a-4912-bcc0-b7ea11710ce6
• Keywords:
  • Biological Classification
  • Fish

Distributions

• Overview of Seabed Biodiversity Project
  • Format: HTML
  • License: Other
  • Create Date: 10/10/2017
  • Update Date: 09/10/2017
• Point of truth URL of this metadata record
  • Format: HTML
  • License: Other
  • Create Date: 10/10/2017
  • Update Date: 09/10/2017