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    Survey Methods

    Standard protocols, data sheets, and R code.

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    • NCRMP Survey Methods
      • Benthic Cover
      • Carbonate Budgets
      • CTD - Water Sampling
      • Fish SPC
      • SfM Photogrammetry

    Common Standard Operating Procedures

    Benthic Surveys

    • Analysis of benthic survey images via CoralNet : a summary of standard operating procedures and guidelines (2017)
      - Collecting benthic photoquadrat imagery
      - Analyzing benthic photoquadrat imagery via CoralNet
    • Development of a Semi-automated Coral Bleaching Classifier in CoralNet: A Summary of Standard Operating Procedures and Report of Results (2022)
    • Rapid Ecological Assessment (REA) Benthic surveys SOP

    Fish Surveys

    • Long-term monitoring of coral reef fish assemblages in the Western central pacific (2017)
    • - SOP, data processing, R code
    • Coral reef ecosystem program standard operating procedures : data collection for rapid ecological assessment fish surveys (2015)
      - Collecting fish data
      - Collecting benthic cover estimate data

    Oceanographic Surveys

    • SOP for instrument data processing using the R package occ (2019)
    • Water sampling SOP (last updated: 06/2023)
    • Estimating coral reef carbonate budgets using Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry
    • Carbonate Budgets
      - Methods Comparion
      - SOPs

    Structure-from-Motion Surveys

    • Processing Photomosaic Imagery of Coral Reefs Using Structure-from-Motion Standard Operating Procedures (2019)
      - Collecting imagery
      - Processing imagery
    • Extracting Coral Vital Rate Estimates at Fixed Sites Using Structure-from-Motion Standard Operating Procedures
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