SS0608: Benthic Video Transect from the Lord Howe Rise Marine Survey

A video transect recorded at a single station during the Lord Howe Rise survey (SS0608) conducted between 16 and 29 April 2008. The survey was a collaboration between Geoscience Australia and the University of Wollongong aboard the Southern Surveyor. The objective was to collect high-quality, co-located data to test physical parameters as surrogates for benthic biodiversity patterns.

Use Cases

• Analyzing benthic community composition based on video footage from a specific station.
• Testing correlations between physical environmental parameters and observed biodiversity mentioned in the survey objective.
• Studying seabed morphology and habitat structure in a 35-meter water depth environment.
• Developing or validating video annotation protocols for marine ecological surveys.

Strengths

• Data was collected as part of a defined scientific program (CERF Marine Biodiversity Hub Surrogates Program).
• Video footage location is precisely georeferenced with coordinates provided.
• Survey dates (April 2008) and water depth (35 m) are explicitly documented.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a single station and transect, limiting spatial coverage.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Video transect recorded to mini DV tapes and copied to digital format during a marine survey.

Time Range

Survey conducted between 16 and 29 April 2008.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 01:53:25.532406; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lord Howe Rise, station 9 (31.58°S, 159.04°E to 31.59°S, 159.03°E).