Towed Video deployments in Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (Timor Sea), Western Australia (NERP)

Created 24/06/2017

Updated 09/10/2017

Towed video surveys were carried out in targeted shallow seabed environments within the proposed Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) in the Timor Sea. The survey concentrated on shelf habitats (< 200m) of the western part of the Oceanic Shoals CMR and included potential biodiversity hotspots such as pinnacles, banks and shoals. In total, 52 towed video transects were collected at depths of between 31 and 129 metres. Sampling involved habitat classification, conducted in real-time during the surveys, and taking downward and forward facing photographic still images at 5 second intervals for subsequent analysis. The cameras were towed across the shoals at a speed of 0.5 - 1.5 knots at an altitude of 0.5 - 2 metres above the seabed.

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Title Towed Video deployments in Oceanic Shoals Commonwealth Marine Reserve (Timor Sea), Western Australia (NERP)
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/87256f45-21ba-424a-8ed6-3cedbe9a8ece
Contact Point
Australian Institute of Marine Science
adc@aims.gov.au
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[125.58094, -12.783679], [127.997932, -12.783679], [127.997932, -10.956023], [125.58094, -10.956023], [125.58094, -12.783679]]]}
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https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/towed-video-deployments-in-oceanic-shoals-commonwealth-marine-reserve-timor-sea-western-austral

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