NESP MB Project D2 - Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for survey design, condition assessment and trend detection
This record provides an overview of the scope and research output of NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Project D2 - "Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for survey design, condition assessment and trend detection". There are no data outputs anticipated for this project.
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Understanding of the status and trends of indicators in Australia’s marine environment requires standardised monitoring, without which monitoring is unlikely to be comparable through time and space – status and trends are unlikely to be available. This project will build on the monitoring blueprint by providing foundation for Standard Operating Procedures in the collection and analysis of monitoring data. In particular, the project will 1) provide some delineation of what kind of monitoring is required (and when), 2) providing a simple tool for designing surveys in space that also analyses the resulting data, and 3) provide a worked end-to-end SOP example for a baited underwater video for collection of data in benthic key ecological features (including recommendations for field protocols to ensure ecological relevance).
Planned Outputs
• Standard Operating Protocol (SOPs) for deploying observation platforms, processing raw data and then analysing processed data for a set of ‘no regrets’ objectives. This includes clear recommendations about how to choose sampling locations and how to analyse the resulting survey data.
• A piece of software (an R package) that implements spatially balanced designs. The software will require a minimal skill level.
• A worked example, from a partner project, that will form the template for future surveys.
• Scientific publications, which will be made publicly and freely available within 12 months of publication.
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Identification info
- Alternate title
- Analysis methods and software to support Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for survey design, condition assessment and trend detection
- Date (Creation)
- 2016-03-23
Resource provider
- Purpose
- This project aims to provide the foundation for Standard Operating Procedures in the collection and analysis of monitoring data for (at least in the first two years) a limited set of “no-regrets” objectives by: 1) providing a simple tool for designing surveys in space, and 2) providing a core set of analysis methods, tailored to specific survey methods, that should be undertaken as a routine part of the monitoring process. A putative set of objectives will be developed in collaboration with the Hub projects D1 and D3, which both have survey aspects that will benefit from the tools developed within this project. This putative set will be refined with input from the DoE. If the design tool is used and analysis techniques are followed, then management authorities and industry consultants will be provided with concise, consistent, interpretable and fit-for-purpose evidence on the status and trends of environmental assets. The project will identify the gear deployment (design), data scoring (processing) and statistical methods (analysis) that support evidence based decision-making and evaluation of the empirical evidence with respect to management benchmarks. Further, due to the standardisation of these methods, the information will be comparable from one project to the next. This establishment of clear design and analytic guidelines will provide the foundation for Standard Operating Procedures designed to support the Department’s management and monitoring requirements in the CMA.
- Credit
- Scott Foster (CSIRO), Emma Lawrence (CSIRO), Tim Langlois (UWA), Geoff Hosack (CSIRO), Jacquomo Monk (UTAS), Vanessa Lucieer (UTAS), Rachel Przeslawski (Geoscience Australia)
- Credit
- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub
- Credit
- Department of the Environment and Energy, Australian Government
- Credit
- In addition to NESP (DoE) funding, this project is matched by an equivalent amount of in-kind support and co-investment from project partners and collaborators.
- Status
- On going
Principal investigator
- Topic category
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- Oceans
Extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2015-07-01 2020-01-15
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Keywords (dataSource)
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- National Environmental Science Program (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC): Fields of Research
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- Environmental Science and Management not elsewhere classified
- Keywords (Theme)
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- standard operating procedure
- survey methods
- analysis methods
- core information
- monitoring
- field manuals
- comparative assessment
Resource constraints
- Classification
- Unclassified
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- The data collections described in this record are funded by the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy (DoEE) through the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub.
Resource constraints
- Linkage
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- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- UTF8
Content Information
- Content type
- Physical measurement
Distribution Information
- Distribution format
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- OnLine resource
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NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub Project D2 webpage
- OnLine resource
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Department of the Environment and Energy NESP website
Metadata
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- English
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Point of contact
- Parent metadata
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Field session
- Name
- MB Hub Project D2
- Metadata linkage
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Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2020-02-18T16:16:16
- Date info (Revision)
- 2020-02-18T16:16:16
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018