This repository contains code and data accompanying the article:
Bouchet PJ, Letessier TB, Caley JM, Nichol SL, Hemmi JM, Meeuwig JJ. Submerged carbonate banks aggregate pelagic megafauna in offshore tropical Australia. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7:530. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00530
This research was undertaken for the Marine Biodiversity Hub, a collaborative partnership supported through funding from the Australian Government’s National Environmental Research Program (NERP). PJB was the recipient of a scholarship for international fees during the course of this work. SLN publishes with permission of the Chief Executive Officer, Geoscience Australia.
This study received approval (AE Permit RA/3/100/1090) from the University of Western Australia’s Animal Ethics Committee. We are grateful to all expedition members and importantly to the master and crew of the RV Solander for their expertise, dedication and hospitality during fieldwork. We thank L. Groves for logistical support as well as L. Ferreira, F. Garcia-Solis Marchant, and S. Hodge for assistance with video processing. G. Fry and K. Sanders helped with sea snake identifications.
Example footage can be viewed online at https://goo.gl/DGa9hE. The pelagic BRUV data are available through the Australian Ocean Data Network at http://data.imas.utas.edu.au/portal/search.