Reef Life Survey (RLS): Habitat Quadrats

Hard coral cover and composition Macroalgal canopy cover and composition Invertebrate abundance and distribution

Reef Life Survey is designed to develop and resource a network of skilled recreational divers for rapid and cost-effective assessment of the state of the inshore marine environment at the global scale. The project uses standardised underwater visual census methods employed by trained SCUBA divers to survey fish and invertebrate species and to record habitat type using photo quadrats - this particular dataset refers to the photo quadrats only.

This data has been superseded by the NRMN collection "IMOS - National Reef Monitoring Network - Benthic cover data (in situ surveys)": see https://catalogue-imos.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/ec424e4f-0f55-41a5-a3f2-726bc4541947

Data and resources

SUPERSEDED BY: IMOS - National Reef Monitoring Network - Benthic cover data (in situ surveys)

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View the synthesised collection containing this data in the AODN Data Portal.

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IMAGES - API for RLS Photo Quadrats (jpg)

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFO - Reef Life Survey Methods Manual [direct download]

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Reef Life Survey website

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Additional information

Temporal extent	2006-01-01 – 2021-06-30
Date (creation)	2008-04-22
Status	superseded
Update frequency	irregular
Metadata language	en
License	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Source metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-11-05
Created	2026-11-05
API	package_show