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IMOS - National Reef Monitoring Network Sub-Facility - Global cryptobenthic fish abundance

The National Reef Monitoring Network brings together shallow reef surveys conducted around Australia into a centralised database. The IMOS National Reef Monitoring Network sub-Facility collates, cleans, stores and makes this data rapidly available from contributors including: Reef Life Survey, Parks Australia, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (Western Australia), Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (South Australia), Department of Primary Industries (New South Wales), Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service and Parks Victoria.


The data provided by the National Reef Monitoring Network contributes to establishing and supporting national marine baselines, and assisting with the management of Commonwealth and State marine reserves.


Reef Life Survey (RLS) and the Australian Temperate Reef Network (ATRC) aims to improve biodiversity conservation and the sustainable management of marine resources by coordinating surveys of rocky and coral reefs using scientific methods, with the ultimate goal to improve coastal stewardship. Our activities depend on the skills of marine scientists, experienced and motivated recreational SCUBA divers, partnerships with management agencies and university researchers, and active input from the ATRC partners and RLS Advisory Committee.


RLS and ATRC data are freely available to the public for non-profit purposes, so not only managers, but also groups such as local dive clubs or schools may use these data to look at changes over time in their own local reefs. By making data freely available and through public outputs, RLS and ATRC aims to raise broader community awareness of the status of Australia?s marine biodiversity and associated conservation issues.


This dataset contains records of cryptobenthic fishes collected by RLS and ATRC divers and partners along 50m transects on shallow rocky and coral reefs using standard methods. Abundance information is available for all species recorded within quantitative survey limits (50 x 1 m swathes either side of the transect line, each distinguished as a 'Block'), with divers searching the reef surface (including cracks) carefully for hidden fishes. These observations are recorded concurrently with the macroinvertebrate observations and together make up the 'Method 2' component of the surveys. For this method, typically one 'Block' is completed per 50 m transect for the program ATRC and 2 blocks are completed for RLS ? although exceptions to this rule exist.


This dataset supersedes the RLS specific "Reef Life Survey (RLS): Cryptic Fish" collection that was available at https://catalogue-rls.imas.utas.edu.au/geonetwork/srv/en/metadata.show?uuid=6a56db3f-d1b2-438d-98c6-bd7dd540a4d5 (provision of data was stopped in June 2021).

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Identification info

Alternate title
NRMN - Global cryptobenthic fish abundance
Date (Publication)
2021-05-19T10:13:00

Contributor

Reef Life Survey Foundation (RLS)
60 Napolean Street
Battery Point
Tasmania
7001
Australia
Website of Reef Life Survey >

Contributor

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS)
IMAS - Hobart
Private Bag 129
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia
+61 3 6226 6379
Website of the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) >

Contributor

Parks Victoria
Level 10, 535 Bourke Street
Melbourne
Victoria
3000
Australia
131963
Website of Parks Victoria >

Contributor

Department of Primary Industries (DPI), New South Wales Government
Locked Bag 21
Orange
New South Wales
2800
Australia
+61 2 6391 3100
+61 2 6391 3336 (facsimilie)
Website of the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) >

Contributor

Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA), Western Australian Government
Locked bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre
Kensington
Western Australia
6151
Australia
+61 8 9219 9000
+61 8 9334 0498 (facsimilie)
Website of the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) >

Contributor

Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE), Tasmanian Government
Parks and Wildlife Service
GPO Box 1751
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia
1300 827 727
Website of the Parks and Wildlife Service >

Contributor

Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR), South Australian Government
Ground Floor, 81-95 Waymouth Street
Adelaide
South Australia
5000
Australia
61 8 8204 1910
Website of the Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) >

Distributor

Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
Private Bag 110
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia
61 3 6226 7549
61 3 6226 2107 (facsimile)
Website of the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) >

Hours of service
9am to 5pm UTC+10: Monday to Friday
Credit
Reef Life Survey and Australian Temperate Reef Collaboration partners
Credit
This research used Australia's Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) infrastructure for database support and storage. IMOS is enabled by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) and is operated by a consortium of institutions as an unincorporated joint venture, with the University of Tasmania as Lead Agent.
Status
On going

Point of contact

Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) - Data Officer
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 110
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia
61 3 6226 7488
61 3 6226 2107 (facsimile)
Website of the Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN) >

Point of contact

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) - Cooper, Antonia (Technical Officer)
IMAS - Taroona
Private Bag 49
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia
+61 3 6226 8283
+61 3 6227 8035 (facsimilie)
Topic category
  • Oceans
  • Biota
  • Environment

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Temporal extent

Time position
1992-03-10

Vertical element

Minimum value
0
Maximum value
50
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
AODN Geographic Extents Vocabulary
  • Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean
  • Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean
  • Regional Seas | Coral Sea
  • Global / Oceans | Atlantic Ocean
  • Regional Seas | Tasman Sea
  • Marine Features (Global) | Bay of Bengal
  • Regional Seas | Timor Sea
  • Regional Seas | Arafura Sea
  • Global / Oceans | Southern Ocean
  • Global / Oceans | World
  • Regional Seas | Flores Sea
  • Regional Seas | Banda Sea
  • Regional Seas | Solomon Sea
  • Regional Seas | Bismarck Sea
  • Regional Seas | Red Sea
  • Regional Seas | Gulf of Thailand
  • Regional Seas | Mediterranean Sea
AODN Geographic Extents Vocabulary
  • Continents | Antarctica
AODN Platform Vocabulary
  • diver
AODN Discovery Parameter Vocabulary
  • Biotic taxonomic identification
  • Abundance of biota
AODN Organisation Vocabulary
  • National Reef Monitoring Network Sub-Facility, Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
GCMD Earth Science and Earth Science Services Keywords
  • FISH
  • KELP FOREST
  • CORAL REEF
  • PELAGIC
  • COMMUNITY DYNAMICS

Resource constraints

Use limitation
Data, products and services from IMOS are provided "as is" without any warranty as to fitness for a particular purpose.

Resource constraints

Linkage
https://licensebuttons.net/l/by/4.0/88x31.png

License Graphic

Title
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License


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Website
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

License Text

Other constraints
The citation in a list of references is: "Reef Life Survey (RLS); Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS); Parks Victoria; Department of Primary Industries (DPI), New South Wales Government; Parks and Wildlife Tasmania; Department for Environment and Water (DEWNR), South Australia, Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS), [year-of-data-download], IMOS - National Reef Monitoring Network - Global cryptobenthic fish abundance, [data-access-URL], accessed [date-of-access]."
Other constraints
Please also utilise and cite this paper when using this data: Graham J. Edgar, Antonia Cooper, Susan C. Baker, William Barker, Neville S. Barrett, Mikel A. Becerro, Amanda E. Bates, Danny Brock, Daniela M. Ceccarelli, Ella Clausius, Marlene Davey, Tom R. Davis, Paul B. Day, Andrew Green, Samuel R. Griffiths, Jamie Hicks, Ivan A. Hinojosa, Ben K. Jones, Stuart Kininmonth, Meryl F. Larkin, Natali Lazzari, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Scott D. Ling, Peter Mooney, Elizabeth Oh, Alejandro Perez-Matus, Jacqueline B. Pocklington, Rodrigo Riera, Jose A. Sanabria-Fernandez, Yanir Seroussi, Ian Shaw, Derek Shields, Joe Shields, Margo Smith, German A. Soler, Jemina Stuart-Smith, John Turnbull, Rick D. Stuart-Smith. Establishing the ecological basis for conservation of shallow marine life using Reef Life Survey, Biological Conservation, Volume 252, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108855
Other constraints
Please also utilise and cite this paper when using this data: Edgar, G., & Barrett, N. (2012). An assessment of population responses of common inshore fishes and invertebrates following declaration of five Australian marine protected areas. Environmental Conservation, 39(3), 271-281. doi:10.1017/S0376892912000185
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Supplemental Information
Graham J. Edgar, Antonia Cooper, Susan C. Baker, William Barker, Neville S. Barrett, Mikel A. Becerro, Amanda E. Bates, Danny Brock, Daniela M. Ceccarelli, Ella Clausius, Marlene Davey, Tom R. Davis, Paul B. Day, Andrew Green, Samuel R. Griffiths, Jamie Hicks, Ivan A. Hinojosa, Ben K. Jones, Stuart Kininmonth, Meryl F. Larkin, Natali Lazzari, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Scott D. Ling, Peter Mooney, Elizabeth Oh, Alejandro Perez-Matus, Jacqueline B. Pocklington, Rodrigo Riera, Jose A. Sanabria-Fernandez, Yanir Seroussi, Ian Shaw, Derek Shields, Joe Shields, Margo Smith, German A. Soler, Jemina Stuart-Smith, John Turnbull, Rick D. Stuart-Smith. Establishing the ecological basis for conservation of shallow marine life using Reef Life Survey, Biological Conservation, Volume 252, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108855 Edgar, G., & Barrett, N. (2012). An assessment of population responses of common inshore fishes and invertebrates following declaration of five Australian marine protected areas. Environmental Conservation, 39(3), 271-281. doi:10.1017/S0376892912000185

Content Information

Content type
Physical measurement

Identifier

Code
Abundance of biota

Identifier

Code
Biotic taxonomic identification

Distribution Information

OnLine resource
NRMN page on IMOS website

OnLine resource
View and download data though the AODN Portal

OnLine resource
Website of Australian Temperate Reef Collaboration (ATRC)

OnLine resource
Reef Life Survey Explorer

OnLine resource
Access to Edgar et. al. (2020) Biological Conservation paper

OnLine resource
Access to Edgar & Barrett (2012) Environmental Conservation paper

OnLine resource
Reef Life Survey Methods Manual

OnLine resource
Australian Temperate Reef Collaboration Methods Manual

OnLine resource
NRMN Database QA/QC Protocols Manual

OnLine resource
imos:ep_m2_cryptic_fish_public_map

Cryptic Fish

OnLine resource
ep_m2_cryptic_fish_public_data

This OGC WFS service returns filtered geographic information. The returned data is available in multiple formats including CSV.

OnLine resource
OGC WFS help documentation

Resource lineage

Statement
For details on the standardised survey procedures (specifically Method 2 (M2) in this case), please refer to the relevant Methods Manual (link provided in Distribution section)
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Platform

Identifier

Code
diver

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/9efa25cd-4da4-47b5-9385-45e3cbd11705

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distributor

Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) - Data Officer
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 110
Hobart
Tasmania
7001
Australia
61 3 6226 7488
61 3 6226 2107 (facsimile)
Website of the Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN) >

Parent metadata
  • IMOS - National Reef Monitoring Network Sub-Facility

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Name
IMOS dataset level record
Metadata linkage
https://catalogue-imos.aodn.org.au:443/geonetwork/srv/api/records/9efa25cd-4da4-47b5-9385-45e3cbd11705

Point of truth URL of this metadata record

Date info (Creation)
2021-05-19T12:00:00
Date info (Revision)
2025-05-08T15:20:04

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3:2018
 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

Keywords

AODN Discovery Parameter Vocabulary
Abundance of biota Biotic taxonomic identification
AODN Platform Vocabulary
diver
GCMD Earth Science and Earth Science Services Keywords
COMMUNITY DYNAMICS CORAL REEF FISH KELP FOREST PELAGIC

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