title: Australian sea-floor survey data, with images and expert annotations.
abstract: This Australian benthic data set (BENTHOZ-2015) consists of an expert-annotated set of georeferenced benthic images and associated sensor data, captured by an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) around Australia. This type of data is of interest to marine scientists studying benthic habitats and organisms. AUVs collect georeferenced images over an area with consistent illumination and altitude, and make it possible to generate broad scale, photo-realistic 3D maps. Marine scientists then typically spend several minutes on each of thousands of images, labeling substratum type and biota at a subset of points. Labels from four Australian research groups were combined using the CATAMI classification scheme, a hierarchical classification scheme based on taxonomy and morphology for scoring marine imagery. This data set consists of 407,968 expert labeled points from around the Australian coast, with associated images, geolocation and other sensor data. The robotic surveys that collected this data form part of Australia's Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) ongoing benthic monitoring program. There is reuse potential in marine science, robotics, and computer vision research.
authors.affiliation: Australian Centre for Field Robotics, The University of Sydney , NSW 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bewley
authors.affiliation: Australian Centre for Field Robotics, The University of Sydney , NSW 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: Ariell
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.affiliation: Australian Centre for Field Robotics, The University of Sydney , NSW 2006, Australia ; Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Group, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney , NSW 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.affiliation: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania , Hobart, Tas 7005, Australia.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.affiliation: University of Western Australia , Perth WA 6009, Australia.
authors.forename: Renae
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hovey
authors.affiliation: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania , Hobart, Tas 7005, Australia.
authors.forename: Neville
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-6167-1356
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: Ezequiel M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Marzinelli
authors.affiliation: Australian Centre for Field Robotics, The University of Sydney , NSW 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pizarro
authors.affiliation: Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Group, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney , NSW 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: Will
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Figueira
authors.affiliation: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania , Hobart, Tas 7005, Australia.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.affiliation: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) , Australia.
authors.forename: Russ
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Babcock
authors.affiliation: Western Australia Department of Fisheries , Perth, WA 6000, Australia.
authors.forename: Lynda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bellchambers
authors.affiliation: Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Group, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney , NSW 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Byrne
authors.affiliation: Australian Centre for Field Robotics, The University of Sydney , NSW 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: Stefan B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D059001:Aquatic Organisms; D001315:Australia; D058448:Biota; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D019156:Indian Ocean; D010140:Pacific Ocean
keywords: Biodiversity; Coral reefs; Fisheries; Ocean sciences