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IMOS - AUV SIRIUS CAMPAIGN: TASMANIA, MARCH 2009

Tasmania (Barrett, Lucier - TAFI; Johnson, Ling - UTAS) The primary objective of this work was to describe biological assemblages associated with rocky reef systems in deep shelf waters on the Tasman Peninsula in SE Tasmania and in the Huon, Freycinet and Bruny Island Marine Protected Areas (MPA), providing a record of community composition at or near the time of designation of these MPAs. Detailed multibeam sonar bathymetry data were previously collected by Geoscience Australia (GA) to provide high-resolution digital elevation maps of the study areas. These maps were used to determine suitable AUV survey locations. At each location, multiple reefs were surveyed at a range of depths from approximately 50 m to 100 m depth. Dive profiles were designed to provide sufficient replication to quantitatively determine abundances of key species/features within depth strata, within reefs, between reefs (km to 100 km scale), and between differing levels of reef complexity. The AUV deployments were part of a multi-disciplinary experimental program to analyse the covariance of co-located fine-resolution seabed habitat data, provided by the EM3002 multibeam sonar coverage, and biological datasets collected at similar spatial scales by Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), Baited Remote Underwater Video systems, towed video and the AUV. This program was undertaken with UTAS and GA as part of the Marine Biodiversity Research Hub, a collaborative program funded under the Commonwealth Government's Commonwealth Environmental Research Facilities Program. In addition, the AUV completed high resolution, full seafloor coverage day and night dives at St Helens in the North East to document nocturnal feeding habits of the sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii whose poleward extension has had a significant impact on kelp beds in the North East of Tasmania.

Tasmania 03/2009
Scallop fisheries at Maria Island, Freycinet MPA; 9 dives over 5 days of operations; this trip ended prematurely with the grounding of the R/V Challenger.  A shackle securing the anchor to the anchor chain gave way and the ship blew onto rocks, destroying the Ultra-Short Baseline (USBL) transceiver affixed to the ship that is used to track the AUV while it is underway.  This equipment was replaced using funding from the University of Sydney and a claim has been lodged with the University of Tasmania to recover the costs as the ship was being operated by TAFI.  A planned deployment in SA with SARDI was rescheduled as a consequence of this incident and we are looking into the availability of ship time to complete the proposed SA deployments.

Tags: AUV, Australia, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Bathymetry, Cameras, Chlorophyll, Conductivity, Countries, Data Loggers, Field Surveys, Fluorescence, Fluorometers, IMOS Facility, Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Oceans, Organic Matter, Oxygen, SONAR, Seabed Vehicles, Seafloor Topography, South-east, Still Cameras, Tasmania, Turbidity, Turbulence Sensors, Underwater Surveys, Water Depth, Water Temperature, underwater
Organization: Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
IMOS - AUV SIRIUS CAMPAIGN: TASMANIA, JUNE 2011

Tasmania – Tasman Peninsula, Freycinet MPA and Governor’s Island (Barrett, Johnson):Dives in Tasmania were focused on two main goals. One aspect of the surveys in Tasmania is to look at deepwater benthic assemblages associated with rocky reefs. These dives featured broad grids over the dive sites and a pair of dense overlapping grids. Around the Tasman peninsula, dives were completed in shallower water and featured a pair of dense grids connected by reciprocal legs. Two sites near the Nuggets and in the Freycinet MPA were revisited from previous trips in 2008 and 2009. These were broad grids and did not feature any dense grids making direct comparison difficult.

Tags: AUV, Australia, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Bathymetry, Cameras, Chlorophyll, Conductivity, Countries, Data Loggers, Field Surveys, Fluorescence, Fluorometers, IMOS Facility, Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Oceans, Organic Matter, Oxygen, SONAR, Seabed Vehicles, Seafloor Topography, South-east, Still Cameras, Tasmania, Turbidity, Turbulence Sensors, Underwater Surveys, Water Depth, Water Temperature, underwater
Organization: Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
IMOS - AUV SIRIUS CAMPAIGN: TASMANIA, JUNE 2010

Southern and Eastern Tasmania (Barrett, Johnson): There are two elements to the IMOS AUV Facility activities in Tasmania, including sustained observation of the impacts of climate change on key reef species and understanding meso‐ and large‐scale physics as drivers of reef community structure and dynamics.  The first AUV deployments associated with the new program of sustained observing supported through the EIF extension program were completed during 12 days of survey work in June 2010.  Deployments were centered on coastal reefs in eastern Tasmania adjacent to the Freycinet Peninsula, extending from The Nuggets into the Freycinet MPA, and at sites along the Tasman Peninsula as well as in the South extending from coastal reefs at The Friars (SE Bruny Island) to the shelf break within the Huon MPA.  A number of dives within the Freycinet MPA were located over sites surveyed in 2008 and 2009 providing the first opportunity to revisit a survey over a long time frame.

Tags: AUV, Australia, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Bathymetry, Cameras, Chlorophyll, Conductivity, Countries, Data Loggers, Field Surveys, Fluorescence, Fluorometers, IMOS Facility, Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Oceans, Organic Matter, Oxygen, SONAR, Seabed Vehicles, Seafloor Topography, South-east, Still Cameras, Tasmania, Turbidity, Turbulence Sensors, Underwater Surveys, Water Depth, Water Temperature, underwater
Organization: Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
IMOS - AUV SIRIUS CAMPAIGN: TASMANIA, JUNE 2009

Tasmania (Barrett, Lucier - TAFI; Johnson, Ling - UTAS) The primary objective of this work was to describe biological assemblages associated with rocky reef systems in deep shelf waters on the Tasman Peninsula in SE Tasmania and in the Huon, Freycinet and Bruny Island Marine Protected Areas (MPA), providing a record of community composition at or near the time of designation of these MPAs. Detailed multibeam sonar bathymetry data were previously collected by Geoscience Australia (GA) to provide high-resolution digital elevation maps of the study areas. These maps were used to determine suitable AUV survey locations. At each location, multiple reefs were surveyed at a range of depths from approximately 50 m to 100 m depth. Dive profiles were designed to provide sufficient replication to quantitatively determine abundances of key species/features within depth strata, within reefs, between reefs (km to 100 km scale), and between differing levels of reef complexity. The AUV deployments were part of a multi-disciplinary experimental program to analyse the covariance of co-located fine-resolution seabed habitat data, provided by the EM3002 multibeam sonar coverage, and biological datasets collected at similar spatial scales by Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), Baited Remote Underwater Video systems, towed video and the AUV. This program was undertaken with UTAS and GA as part of the Marine Biodiversity Research Hub, a collaborative program funded under the Commonwealth Government's Commonwealth Environmental Research Facilities Program. In addition, the AUV completed high resolution, full seafloor coverage day and night dives at St Helens in the North East to document nocturnal feeding habits of the sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii whose poleward extension has had a significant impact on kelp beds in the North East of Tasmania.

Tasmania 06/2009
Scallop fisheries at Maria Island, Freycinet MPA, St Helens urchin barrens, Bruny Island MPA; 18 dives over 7 days of operations.

Tags: AUV, Australia, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Bathymetry, Cameras, Chlorophyll, Conductivity, Countries, Data Loggers, Field Surveys, Fluorescence, Fluorometers, IMOS Facility, Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Oceans, Organic Matter, Oxygen, SONAR, Seabed Vehicles, Seafloor Topography, South-east, Still Cameras, Tasmania, Turbidity, Turbulence Sensors, Underwater Surveys, Water Depth, Water Temperature, underwater
Organization: Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
IMOS - AUV SIRIUS, CAMPAIGN: St Joseph Banks, JUNE 2008

AUV Sirius (IMOS Platform code: SIRIUS) surveyed benthic habitats around the Sir Joseph Banks Island group in South Australia during June 2008 as part of an IMOS-funded research effort led by the Department of Environment and Heritage South Australia (DEH SA).  

The island group is being considered for the establishment of a marine park and the objective of the cruise was to document the surrounding benthic habitats.  The imagery collected by the AUV will be used to validate habitat assessment to be made with sidescan sonar surveys.

Data for this campaign will soon be available.

Tags: AUV, Australia, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Bathymetry, Cameras, Chlorophyll, Conductivity, Countries, Data Loggers, Field Surveys, Fluorescence, Fluorometers, IMOS Facility, Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Oceans, Organic Matter, Oxygen, SONAR, Seabed Vehicles, Seafloor Topography, South Australia, Still Cameras, Turbidity, Turbulence Sensors, Underwater Surveys, Water Depth, Water Temperature, underwater
Organization: Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
IMOS - AUV SIRIUS, CAMPAIGN: South East Queensland, OCTOBER 2010

SE Queensland – Moreton Island (Babcock): Dive sites were selected inside and outside of a green zone offshore of Moreton Island.  A broad grid was completed at each site and three dense grids completed in each of the depth bands 15‐20m, 20‐25m and 25‐30m.  There was insufficient ship time available to deploy at other sites in the region where kelp has been documented, including in deeper waters and further north. Sites for targeted dredging, sub-bottom profiling and AUV imaging were then selected for detailed study of particular features.  

All activities were undertaken during a 21-day cruise aboard the R/V Southern Surveyor, Australia's Marine National Facility operated by CSIRO. 

The study of these structures may yield insights regarding potential future sea level changes and their potential impact on sensitive reef areas such as the GBR.

Tags: AUV, Australia, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Bathymetry, Cameras, Chlorophyll, Conductivity, Coral Sea, Countries, Data Loggers, Field Surveys, Fluorescence, Fluorometers, IMOS Facility, Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Oceans, Organic Matter, Oxygen, Pacific Ocean, Queensland, Regional Seas, SONAR, Seabed Vehicles, Seafloor Topography, Still Cameras, Turbidity, Turbulence Sensors, Underwater Surveys, Water Depth, Water Temperature, underwater
Organization: Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
IMOS - AUV SIRIUS, CAMPAIGN: South East Queensland, NOVEMBER 2011

The objectives of the work in SE Queensland (Nov. 2011) was to revisit dive sites inside and outside of a green zone offshore of Moreton Island.  There were a few issues associated with working on a small vessel and on the final day of operations the AUV was lost in part due to the vessel not having sufficient fuel to stay on station when the vehicle did not surface on the completion of its dive.  An extensive search was conducted over the following three days using Coast Guard vessels and aerial search but the AUV was not located.  Two weeks later the vehicle washed ashore some 100km to the North of the site where it was last seen.  It had sustained relatively little damage but this incident highlights the vulnerability of the Facility to the loss of its one asset.  An ARC LIEF proposal has been submitted to support the development of multiple, smaller AUVs to help maintain the AUV Facility observing program

Tags: AUV, Australia, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Bathymetry, Cameras, Chlorophyll, Conductivity, Coral Sea, Countries, Data Loggers, Field Surveys, Fluorescence, Fluorometers, IMOS Facility, Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Oceans, Organic Matter, Oxygen, Pacific Ocean, Queensland, Regional Seas, SONAR, Seabed Vehicles, Seafloor Topography, Still Cameras, Turbidity, Turbulence Sensors, Underwater Surveys, Water Depth, Water Temperature, underwater
Organization: Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
IMOS - AUV SIRIUS, CAMPAIGN: Solitary Island , AUGUST 2012

Solitary Islands (Barrett, Jordan, Hayes):  Dives in the Solitary Islands were focused on surveying reef habitats around the Solitary Island Marine Park.  The surveys were conducted as part of a collaboration between the IMOS AUV Facility, the National Environment Research Program (NERP) Theme 1 - National monitoring, evaluation and reporting and NSW DPI Fisheries.  Dives focused on a number of reefs in 20 m to 60 m of water depth and consisted of both dense 25 m x 25 m full photo quadrants designed to allow repeat surveys over years and broader surveys up to 2km in length to document habitat distributions over broader scales.  Additional scientific operations carried out at these sites include multibeam bathymetry, towed video and Baited Remote Underwater Video Stations (BRUVS).

Tags: AUV, Australia, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Bathymetry, Cameras, Chlorophyll, Conductivity, Coral Sea, Countries, Data Loggers, Field Surveys, Fluorescence, Fluorometers, IMOS Facility, Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Oceans, Organic Matter, Oxygen, Pacific Ocean, Queensland, Regional Seas, SONAR, Seabed Vehicles, Seafloor Topography, Still Cameras, Turbidity, Turbulence Sensors, Underwater Surveys, Water Depth, Water Temperature, underwater
Organization: Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
IMOS - AUV SIRIUS, CAMPAIGN: SCOTT REEF, JULY 2009

AUV Sirius (IMOS Platform code: SIRIUS) was deployed in tScott Reef in July 2009.

Scott Reef, WA (Heyward, Cooper, Radford, Colquhoun ‐ AIMS): The primary objective of work completed in July/August 2009 was to describe biological assemblages associated with deep coral reef systems at Scott Reef in WA. A significant proportion of South Scott Reef and the adjacent lagoon lies in waters between 30 m to 70 m deep that support a range of habitats similar to many of the submerged shoal systems strung along the edge of the continental shelf in the Timor Sea. The South Scott Reef lagoon covers 300 km^2 and is the largest area of this type observed on a single reef system in the NW region. Understanding the nature and dynamics of these deeper water areas will not only better describe the true extent of Australia’s tropical reef resources, but will contribute to a broader understanding of the overall resilience of coral reefs in the NW region. In order to produce an accurate, high resolution habitat map of the deeper reef waters and to establish viable deep water monitoring sites, high resolution acoustic mapping using digital mulitbeam from Geoscience Australia was completed in parallel with  collecting georeferenced seabed images using the AUV Sirius and the existing AIMS towed video with high resolution stills systems. AUV deployments consisted of 19 dives over 12 days of operation onboard the R/V Solander using a mix of survey designs and illustrated the vehicle's reliability and versatility as a complementary habitat characterisation tool. On several occasions the vehicle operated beyond tracking range of the supporting vessel for extended periods facilitating the execution of other scientific objectives, particularly swath bathymetric mapping of the Scott Reef lagoon.

Tags: AUV, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Bathymetry, Cameras, Carbon Dioxide, Chlorophyll, Conductivity, Data Loggers, Field Surveys, Fluorescence, Fluorometers, Nutrients, Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Oceans, Organic Matter, Oxygen, SONAR, Seabed vehicles, Seafloor Topography, Still Cameras, Turbidity, Turbulence Sensors, Underwater Surveys, Water Depth, Water Temperature, underwater
Organization: Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
IMOS - AUV SIRIUS, CAMPAIGN: NINGALOO, MAY 2007

AUV Sirius (IMOS Platform code: SIRIUS) undertook a series of trials were undertaken in collaboration with scientist from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) to assess benthic habitats off the Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia in May, 2007. 

These trials were aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of using an AUV for conducting biodiversity assessment in waters beyond diver depths.  The particular focus of these deployments was on documenting sponge habitats in 40m to 80m depths and in exploring canyons in depths of up to 250m.

The dive reports from this campaign summarise AUV activity during each dive. Data for this campaign will soon be available.

Tags: AUV, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Bathymetry, Cameras, Chlorophyll, Conductivity, Data Loggers, Field Surveys, Fluorescence, Fluorometers, IMOS Facility, Nutrients, Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Oceans, Organic Matter, Oxygen, SONAR, Seabed Vehicles, Seafloor Topography, Still Cameras, Turbidity, Turbulence Sensors, Underwater Surveys, Water Depth, Water Temperature, Western Australia, underwater
Organization: Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
IMOS - AUV SIRIUS, CAMPAIGN: Great Barrier Reef, SEPTEMBER 2007

AUV Sirius (IMOS Platform code: SIRIUS) was part of a three week research cruise in September 2007 aboard the R/V Southern Surveyor documenting drowned shelf edge reefs at multiple sites in four areas along the Great Barrier Reef.  

Sirius documented relic reefs up to 20k years old formed during previous ice ages when sea levels were up to 100m lower than today. Broad scale bathymetric mapping was used to confirm if the reefs are consistent geomorphic features and to define patterns of past reef growth. 

Sites for targeted dredging, sub-bottom profiling and AUV imaging were then selected for detailed study of particular features.  

All activities were undertaken during a 21-day cruise aboard the R/V Southern Surveyor, Australia's Marine National Facility operated by CSIRO. 

The study of these structures may yield insights regarding potential future sea level changes and their potential impact on sensitive reef areas such as the GBR.

Tags: AUV, Australia, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Bathymetry, Cameras, Chlorophyll, Conductivity, Coral Sea, Countries, Data Loggers, Field Surveys, Fluorescence, Fluorometers, IMOS Facility, Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Oceans, Organic Matter, Oxygen, Pacific Ocean, Queensland, Regional Seas, SONAR, Seabed Vehicles, Seafloor Topography, Still Cameras, Turbidity, Turbulence Sensors, Underwater Surveys, Water Depth, Water Temperature, underwater
Organization: Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
IMOS - AUV SIRIUS, CAMPAIGN: GREAT BARRIER REEF, FEBRUARY 2011

AUV Sirius (IMOS Platform code: SIRIUS) was deployed in the Great Barrier Reef in February 2011.

In the Great Barrier Reef the program is focused on seagrass beds in the middle of the GBR lagoon to understand how their abundance is affected by upwelling coming through the Magnetic and Palm Passages and on deepwater coral reefs on the outer GBR.  Although there is extensive monitoring of shallow water reefs along the extent of the GBR, there has been relatively little opportunity to monitor deeper reefs. Understanding the nature of these deepwater reefs may provide important insights into the resilience of the GBR to stresses such as changing temperatures, ocean acidification, cyclones and nutrient influx from the coast.  Surveys of the seagrass beds in the lagoon, which were designed to revisit sites surveyed using towed video ten years ago, and at Myrmidon Reef on the outer GBR were completed during July 2011 to establish benthic reference sites in this area.

Tags: AUV, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Bathymetry, Cameras, Carbon Dioxide, Chlorophyll, Conductivity, Data Loggers, Field Surveys, Fluorescence, Fluorometers, Nutrients, Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Oceans, Organic Matter, Oxygen, SONAR, Seabed vehicles, Seafloor Topography, Still Cameras, Turbidity, Turbulence Sensors, Underwater Surveys, Water Depth, Water Temperature, underwater
Organization: Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
IMOS - AUV SIRIUS, CAMPAIGN: GREAT BARRIER REEF, FEBRUARY 2011

GBR Queensland (Doherty): In the Great Barrier Reef the program is focused on seagrass beds in the middle of the GBR lagoon to understand how their abundance is affected by upwelling coming through the Magnetic and Palm Passages and on deepwater coral reefs on the outer GBR.  Although there is extensive monitoring of shallow water reefs along the extent of the GBR, there has been relatively little opportunity to monitor deeper reefs. Understanding the nature of these deepwater reefs may provide important insights into the resilience of the GBR to stresses such as changing temperatures, ocean acidification, cyclones and nutrient influx from the coast.  Surveys of the seagrass beds in the lagoon, which were designed to revisit sites surveyed using towed video ten years ago, and at Myrmidon Reef on the outer GBR were completed during July 2011 to establish benthic reference sites in this area.

Tags: AUV, Australia, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Bathymetry, Cameras, Chlorophyll, Conductivity, Coral Sea, Countries, Data Loggers, Field Surveys, Fluorescence, Fluorometers, IMOS Facility, Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Oceans, Organic Matter, Oxygen, Pacific Ocean, Queensland, Regional Seas, SONAR, Seabed Vehicles, Seafloor Topography, Still Cameras, Turbidity, Turbulence Sensors, Underwater Surveys, Water Depth, Water Temperature, underwater
Organization: Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
IMOS - AUV SIRIUS, CAMPAIGN:  BATEMANS BAY, NOVEMBER 2010

AUV Sirius (IMOS Platform code: SIRIUS) was deployed near Batemans Bay in New South Wales, November 2011.

Dives in New South Wales were coordinated around existing BRUVs locations maintained by DECCW and the Batemans' Bay MPA.  Broad grids and dense patch surveys were completed at each site, although an issue with the vessel, a fault with the vehicle’s battery and weather meant that not all sites were completed at Port Stephens.  We are looking to complete these in early 2011.The 2010/11 period has predominantly been spent establishing benthic reference sites at numerous sites around Australia using the AUV.

The SIRIUS overtook 13 dives and travelled for 36 kms. 79296 stereo pairs images were captured every around each 40cm at an average altitude of 2.2m.

At the conclusion of the trip the dataset included over 1TB of geotiff imagery, multibeam, AUV tracks, 3D textured meshes and hydrographical data (CDOM, Salinity, Temperature, .

The dive reports from this campaign summarise AUV activity during each dive.

Tags: AUV, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Bathymetry, Cameras, Carbon Dioxide, Chlorophyll, Conductivity, Data Loggers, Field Surveys, Fluorescence, Fluorometers, Nutrients, Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Oceans, Organic Matter, Oxygen, SONAR, Seabed vehicles, Seafloor Topography, Still Cameras, Turbidity, Turbulence Sensors, Underwater Surveys, Water Depth, Water Temperature, underwater
Organization: Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)