Crown-of-thorns starfish and coral surveys using the manta tow and scuba search techniques Long-term Monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef Standard Operational Procedure Number 1 D.K. Bass and I.R. Miller On-line Reference Series

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Standard operational procedure 8	o	o

Table of contents

List of figures and tables
Preface
Introduction
Sampling design

Part One: Manta Tow Technique

COTS and coral surveys
Personnel
Equipment
Procedure
Potential problems
Data recording
Reef aesthetics surveys

Part Two: Scuba Search Technique

Technique
Fixed transect searches
Timed searches

Data management

Data sheets
Data entry

Training and quality control

Training new personnel
Quality control

References

Acknowledgments

Appendixes

Appendix I
Appendix IIa
Appendix IIb
Appendix III

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