IMOS - National Reef Monitoring Network Sub-Facility - Benthic cover data (in situ surveys)
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.
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.
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, ATRC aims to raise broader community awareness of the status of Australia?s marine biodiversity and associated conservation issues.
This dataset contains data on the cover of macroalage and sessile invertebrates collected in situ at Australian Temperate Reef Collaboration (ATRC) sites. Quadrats are placed at 10 m spacing along each transect line (i.e. 5 per 50 m transect and 20 per contiguous 200 m) by divers skilled in macroalgal identification. The canopy layer, mid-story and substrate are sequentially assessed in each single, 50 -point quadrat.
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Identification info
- Alternate title
- NRMN - Benthic cover data (in situ surveys)
- Date (Publication)
- 2021-05-21T10:13:00
Contributor
Contributor
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Distributor
- Hours of service
- 9am to 5pm UTC+10: Monday to Friday
- Credit
- 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
Point of contact
- Topic category
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- Oceans
- Biota
- Environment
Extent
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
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- Marine Features (Australia) | Great Australian Bight, SA/WA
- Marine Features (Australia) | Bass Strait, TAS/VIC
- Marine Features (Australia) | Spencer Gulf, SA
- Global / Oceans | Indian Ocean
- Marine Features (Australia) | Gulf St. Vincent, SA
- Marine Features (Australia) | Port Phillip Bay, VIC
- Global / Oceans | Pacific Ocean
- Marine Features (Australia) | Jervis Bay, ACT
- Regional Seas | Tasman Sea
- AODN Geographic Extents Vocabulary
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- States, Territories (Australia) | Western Australia
- Countries | Australia
- Coastal Waters (Australia) | Tasmania Coast East and Southeast, TAS
- States, Territories (Australia) | Tasmania
- States, Territories (Australia) | New South Wales
- States, Territories (Australia) | Victoria
- States, Territories (Australia) | South Australia
- Coastal Waters (Australia) | West Australia Coast West, WA
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
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License Graphic
- Title
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Website
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
License Text
- Other constraints
- The citation in a list of references is: "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 - Benthic cover data (in situ surveys), [data-access-URL], accessed [date-of-access]."
- Other constraints
- Please also utilise and cite this paper when using this data: Neville S. Barrett, Colin D. Buxton, Graham J. Edgar, Changes in invertebrate and macroalgal populations in Tasmanian marine reserves in the decade following protection, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Volume 370, Issues 1-2, 2009
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
- Supplemental Information
- Neville S. Barrett, Colin D. Buxton, Graham J. Edgar, Changes in invertebrate and macroalgal populations in Tasmanian marine reserves in the decade following protection, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Volume 370, Issues 1-2, 2009 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
Distribution Information
- OnLine resource
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NRMN page on IMOS website
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View and download data though the AODN Portal
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Website of Australian Temperate Reef Collaboration (ATRC)
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Access to Barrett et. al. (2009) Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology paper
- OnLine resource
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Australian Temperate Reef Collaboration Methods Manual
- OnLine resource
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NRMN Database QA/QC Protocols Manual
- OnLine resource
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imos:ep_m3_isq_public_map
Benthic cover
- OnLine resource
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ep_m3_isq_public_data
This OGC WFS service returns filtered geographic information. The returned data is available in multiple formats including CSV.
- OnLine resource
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OGC WFS help documentation
Resource lineage
- Statement
- For details on the standardised survey procedures, please refer to the Methods Manual (link provided in Distribution section)
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Platform
Identifier
- Code
- diver
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
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urn:uuid/ec424e4f-0f55-41a5-a3f2-726bc4541947
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distributor
- Parent metadata
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
- Name
- IMOS dataset level record
- Metadata linkage
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https://catalogue-imos.aodn.org.au:443/geonetwork/srv/api/records/ec424e4f-0f55-41a5-a3f2-726bc4541947
Point of truth URL of this metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2021-05-21T12:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-01-19T14:14:45
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3:2018