Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Long-term Monitoring Program: Visual Census Fish Data (Great Barrier Reef), Australia (1992 to present)
Citation
Sweatman HPA, Cheal AJ, Coleman GJ, Emslie MJ, Johns K, Jonker M, Miller IR and Osborne K (2008) Long-term Monitoring of the Great Barrier reef, Status Report. 8. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 369 p. https://doi.org/10.15468/q69sx9 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.Description
About 50 selected reefs throughout the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) are sampled in the AIMS Long-term Monitoring Project (LTMP). A visual census of fish on fixed transects (3 sites per reef, 5 x 50 m transects per site). Fishes from a list of 191 species, representing 10 families, are counted. Individuals, Genus, Species are counted for a prescribed list of 212 species: all the parrotfishes, damselfishes, surgeon fishes, butterflyfishes, and some others. A full list of species observed each year are included in the appendices of each AIMS status report. To detect changes in reef fish communities over time at a regional scale. Source/more information: http://data.aims.gov.au/metadataviewer/uuid/5be0b340-4ade-11dc-8f56-00008a07204ePurpose
The dataset was prepared by AIMS for the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (www.iobis.org)
Sampling Description
Study Extent
About 50 selected reefs throughout the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) are sampled in the AIMS Long-term Monitoring Project (LTMP). Annual visual surveys.Sampling
Reef surveys involve three approaches: 1. broadscale manta tow surveys of crown-of-thorns starfish populations and reef-wide coral cover 2. Intensive photographic surveys of stationary seafloor (benthic) organisms on fixed transects 3. intensive visual counts of reef fish, juvenile corals, crown-of-thorns starfish, coral-eating snails and coral disease and bleaching.Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Great Barrier Reef, NE Coast of Queensland, Australia
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Hugh Sweatmanoriginator
position: Principle Investigator
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
PMB No. 3
Townsville
4810
Queensland
AU
homepage: http://www.aims.gov.au
Data Manager
metadata author
position: AIMS Data Centre
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
PMB No. 3
Townsville
4810
Queensland
AU
email: adc@aims.gov.au
homepage: http://www.aims.gov.au
OBIS Australia Node manager
publisher
position: OBIS Australia Node manager
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
Hobart
7001
Tasmania
AU
email: obisau@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.obis.org.au
Hugh Sweatman
administrative point of contact
position: Principle Investigator
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
PMB No. 3
Townsville
4810
Queensland
AU
homepage: http://www.aims.gov.au