Surveys
of sessile benthic communities
using the video technique
Standard
operational procedure 2
C.A.
Christie, D.K. Bass, S.L. Neal, K. Osborne and W.K. Oxley
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Long-term
Monitoring of
the Great Barrier Reef
Standard Operational
Procedure
Number 2
Australian
Institute of Marine Science
Townsville
©1996
On-line Reference Series
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Preface
The Australian Institute of
Marine Science's Long-term Monitoring Program monitors benthic
communities, reef fish abundance, crown-of-thorns starfish
populations and water quality parameters on an annual basis.
Both reef fish and benthic communities are monitored along
permanently marked transects, on selected reefs.
This Standard Operational
Procedure is Volume 2 in an ongoing series, produced by the
Long-term Monitoring Program at the Australian Institute of
Marine Science. It details the standard procedure used to
video reef benthos along permanent transects. The video
transects are analysed in the laboratory using AVTAS, a
software system developed at the Institute. Further details of
the Long-term Monitoring Program are described in Oliver et
al. (1995).
CONTENTS
 Introduction
Sampling
design
Video
technique
Data
management
Training
References
Appendix
I
Appendix
II
Appendix
III
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