Dataset: Towed Video - Benthic survey of Lihou Reef (2004-10-07 to 2004-10-14)

Description

This data consists of 1867 records derived from 6 tows covering 5.125 km at 2.75m resolution, over a depth range of 59.9 to 45.6 meters. Classification of the benthos and substrate was based on 17 benthic classes and 6 substrate classes.

Summary of the primary benthic categories recorded
Hard Coral 10.44%
Macroalgae 80.88%
NoBenthos 5.36%
Other 3.32%

Summary of substrates recorded
NoSub 10.12%
Rubble 0.37%
SandCoarse 89.50%

A custom interface has been developed by AIMS staff for reading Towed Video tapes.

General Information

• Australian Institute of Marine Science
• Create Date: 24/06/2017
• Update Date: 12/08/2023
• Landing Page: https://data.gov.au/dataset/c6281cf5-28a6-4e1f-8eba-3305bc20050d
• Keywords:
  • Aquatic Ecosystems
  • Benthic Habitat
  • Biological Classification
  • Biosphere
  • Cnidarians
  • Coastal Processes
  • Coral Reefs
  • Coral bleaching
  • Oceans
  • Reef Habitat

Distributions

• Point of truth URL of this metadata record
  • Format: HTML
  • License: Other
  • Create Date: 10/10/2017
  • Update Date: 09/10/2017
• http://gcmd.nasa.gov/Resources/valids/archives/keyword_list.html
  • Format: HTML
  • License: Other
  • Create Date: 10/10/2017
  • Update Date: 09/10/2017