RV Investigator Voyage IN2025_V02: Deep-Sea Eel Habitat Imagery from Huon Marine Park

Huon Marine Park in Australian waters is the location for this collection of deep-sea imagery and oceanographic data. The data was gathered by the Marine National Facility's RV Investigator voyage IN2025_V02 between March 26 and April 14, 2025. It includes video, stereo stills, and navigational data collected with a Deep Towed Camera system to monitor a unique eel aggregation.

Use Cases

• Monitor changes in deep-sea eel populations based on the described imagery of a unique aggregation.
• Analyze benthic habitat structure and biodiversity using the collected video and stereo still imagery.
• Correlate biological observations with oceanographic conditions based on the mentioned concurrent data collection.
• Assess habitat recovery within a marine protected area based on the voyage's stated monitoring objective.

Strengths

• Data collection occurred during a defined voyage period from March 26 to April 14, 2025.
• Includes multiple data modalities: video, stereo stills, and navigational data as described.
• Focuses on a specific, globally unique ecological feature: a deep-sea eel aggregation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, collected via the Marine National Facility RV Investigator.

Collection Method

Data gathered using a Deep Towed Camera (DTC) system during a research voyage.

Time Range

March 26, 2025 to April 14, 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 07:44:39.793557; freshness should be verified

Geography

Huon Marine Park, departing from and returning to Hobart, Australia