Project: 
Project D3 - Implementing monitoring of AMPs and the status of marine biodiversity assets on the continental shelf
Researcher email address: 
Neville.Barrett@utas.edu.au
Topic: 
Autonomous vehicle survey in the Freycinet Marine Park. Equipment deployment
Species of interest in the image: 
Benthic invertebrates
Species scientific name: 
Invertebrus lotsoficus
Date: 
September, 2016
Location: 
Freycinet Marine Park
Hub imagery ID: 
2750
Depth: 
60-120
Habitat: 
shelf reef
Platform: 
AUV
Metadata link / Title / URL: 
https://www.nespmarine.edu.au/news/rv-bluefin-gives-young-scientists-first-taste...
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Caption: 
Deployment of the IMOS AUV "Sirius" in the Freycinet Marine Park by Hub researchers
Media type to be uploaded: 
still image
Attribution: 
IMAS/ Marine Biodiversity Hub
Credit: 
Margot Delaporte
Contact email address: 
neville.barrett@utas.edu.au
Description: 
In September 2016 the Hub facilitated the deployment of the IMOS AUV "Sirius" in the Freycinet Marine Park. The mission involved re-surveying a range of locations previously visited within the AMP to examine temporal patterns in the cover of benthic invertebrate fauna and benthic fishes. These included surveys on Joe's reef, an isolated granite bommie of 200 m length, rising 20 m above the seabed in 80 m of water, and known to contain a significant cover of black corals.