Research Grant
[Cite as http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nesp/mb/d2]Researchers: Scott Foster (Principal investigator)
Brief description
Understanding of the status and trends of Australia’s marine environment requires efficient monitoring. Without standardisation of the methods to perform this monitoring, and the methods to report the findings, the monitoring efforts are doomed to provide limited, piecemeal snapshots of the environment that cannot be linked (due to confounding of signal and sampling effects).
This project will build on the monitoring blueprint produced by the NERP Hub by providing the foundation for Standard Operating Procedures in the collection and analysis of monitoring data. The project’s two components are: 1) providing a simple tool for designing surveys in space, and 2) providing a core set of analysis methods. Both components will be developed and tested on a set of ‘no regret’ objectives, which will be developed in conjunction with the DoE and the NESP Hub’s partners. We will work closely with other projects within the NESP Hub to further mutual aspirations (e.g. developing design tool and generating designs for surveys).
Understanding of the status and trends of Australia’s marine environment requires efficient monitoring. Without standardisation of the methods to perform this monitoring, and the methods to report the findings, the monitoring efforts are doomed to provide limited, piecemeal snapshots of the environment that cannot be linked (due to confounding of signal and sampling effects).
This project will build on the monitoring blueprint produced by the NERP Hub by providing the foundation for Standard Operating Procedures in the collection and analysis of monitoring data. The project’s two components are: 1) providing a simple tool for designing surveys in space, and 2) providing a core set of analysis methods. Both components will be developed and tested on a set of ‘no regret’ objectives, which will be developed in conjunction with the DoE and the NESP Hub’s partners. We will work closely with other projects within the NESP Hub to further mutual aspirations (e.g. developing design tool and generating designs for surveys).
Notes In addition to the NESP funding, this project is matched by an equivalent amount of in-kind support and co-investment from project partners and collaborators.
