Marine Biodiversity Survey Design Standard Operating Procedures

This project provides Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and an R package for designing and analyzing marine biodiversity surveys. It includes a worked example using baited underwater video data for benthic key ecological features. No data outputs are anticipated from this project.

Use Cases

• Implement spatially balanced survey designs using the provided R package for marine monitoring.
• Apply the Standard Operating Procedures for deploying observation platforms and processing raw data from surveys.
• Use the worked example with baited underwater video data as a template for designing future ecological surveys.
• Analyze survey data following the provided recommendations for sampling location selection and trend detection.

Strengths

• Project outputs include a software package (R package) for implementing spatially balanced designs.
• Outputs include a worked end-to-end SOP example for baited underwater video data collection.
• Scientific publications from the project will be made publicly and freely available within 12 months of publication.

Limitations

• No actual data outputs are anticipated from this project, only procedural documents and software.
• The scope is limited to providing foundational protocols and tools, not a compiled dataset for direct analysis.
• The R package requires a minimal skill level, which may be a barrier for users without programming experience.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Project output providing protocols, software, and a template example.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Australia's marine environment