| Summary: | Progress Code: completed Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeeded Statement: This record describes the archive of video and still images collected and annotated since 2000. The combined annotation data-base retains annotations in the original scoring schemes and translations between schemes, including to the CATAMI classification scheme are documented. Video data were collected on 12 surveys spanning three marine planning regions from SE Australia (NSW-Vic border) to the northern North-west shelf off Ashmore Reef between 2000 and 2008. A total of 384 video tows were completed. Data on the biota and substrate types have been systematically collected from video of the first eight surveys (Williams & Kloser 2004; Williams et al. 2005; Williams et al. 2009b; Williams et al. 2007a). Still images collected with the camera platform were used for habitat annotations for the north western survey (SS200705) (Williams et al. 2007b; Williams et al. 2010), and the NERP Flinders survey (CH201201, in prep). Credit Surveys were funded by various agencies, including: *WfO * the Australian Department for the Environment * FRDC * NERP marine biodiversity hub Credit Franzis Althaus Credit Pamela Brodie Credit Mark Green Credit Alan Williams Credit Bruce Barker Credit Jan Seiler Benthic Habitats Video Image Archive is an on-line repository of .avi files and still images (.jpg or .tiff) collected during a series of surveys by MNF and other vessels. The associated BHIMAGE Oracle data base records associated geo-location data and image annotations. Image data (video and stills) in this collection are from deep continental shelf and upper slope benthic habitats. Image collection was enabled by the development of deep towed video systems since the late 1990's (Bax & Williams 1999; Shortis et al. 2008). An evolving but nonetheless standardized annotation methodology annotation physical structures (substrate and geomorphology) and biota has been used for surveys since 2000 (Kloser et al 2004). The data-base ...
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