Reef Life Survey: Linking volunteer divers, scientists and managers in marine research and conservation - WEBSITE

珊瑚礁生物调查是一项培训和协助技术熟练的休闲潜水员网络的计划，以经济有效地评估大陆范围内的近岸海洋环境状况。该计划使用标准化的水下视觉普查方法，由水肺潜水员使用，以调查鱼类和无脊椎动物物种，并使用照片样方记录大型藻类和珊瑚覆盖-此记录参考该计划的网站。< br / >

Reef Life Survey is a program that trains and assists a network of skilled and committed recreational divers to cost-effectively assess the state of the inshore marine environment at the continental scale. The program uses standardised underwater visual census methods employed by SCUBA divers to survey fish and invertebrate species and to record macroalgal and coral cover using photo quadrats - this record refers to the website for this program.<br /> <br /> By standardising techniques and establishing a monitoring system on a nation-wide scale, the program addresses many of the current problems associated with managing the marine environment, including the paucity, patchiness and variable quality of data on the distribution of and trends to marine biodiversity. <br /> <br /> A central database is managed for the storage, analysis and dissemination of data collected nationally, with a publicly-accessible web-based portal. The website allows information collected on Australia's marine environment to be accessed in a meaningful form by policy-makers and the general public, including recreational groups, scientists and industry. It also has information and resources for particpating divers and those wishing to become involved.<br /> <br /> The dataset generated by recreational divers will provide a national framework for monitoring the state of the inshore environment and the identification of those threats and locations of greatest conservation concern.<br /> <br /> <br /> This record points to the online resource for Reef Life Survey:<br /> <br /> http://www.reeflifesurvey.com/