Underwater 3D Mapping of Ashmore Reef, Australia
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Open access
Authors
Parnum, Iain
Woods, Andrew
Belton, David
Helmholz, Petra
Date
2023Type
Non traditional textual works
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Faculty
Faculty of Science and Engineering
School
Centre for Marine Science and Technology
Curtin HIVE (Hub for Immersive Visualisation and eResearch)
School of Earth and Planetary Science
John de Laeter Centre
Funding and Sponsorship
Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI)
Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water, and the Environment (DAWE)
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
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Abstract
Ashmore Reef Marine Park was establish in 1983. It hosts Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (MCEs). To understand these important marine ecosystems further, a Schmidt Ocean Institute cruise (FK210409) of Ashmore Reef’s MCEs on the R/V Falkor, led by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and the West Australian Museum (WAM), was carried out in April 2021. As part of this study, vessel-based multibeam echosounder data, and still images captured from a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) were collected around Ashmore Reef (Australia) at depths between 50 and 500 m. This study aimed to create 3D models of the MCEs from the still images, and georeference them within the multibeam bathymetry.