Fish Survey

Fish Survey Fish Survey Dashboard Fish Survey dataThe rocky reef habitat of Israeli coastline is rich and diverse, and abundant in marine resources. It functions as a stable habitat to algae, invertebrates, and Fish.We initiated a long-term ecological research (LTER) program on the Mediterranean rocky reefs in 2014 and established a methodical working method since 2015. We started the reefs of Achziv, Naharia, and Sdot Yam at three different depth levels (10, 25…

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Marine invertebrates

Marine invertebrates
Survey marine invertebrate at the rocky reef

Marine invertebrates Photo surveyWe collect photo-quadrats (25 cm2) which are taken every 2 meters along a 25 meter transect line. We are conducting 4 transects at each site. The photos are taken with Hi-resolution (~45 Mega Pixel) camera with 2 external strobes. All photos are uploaded to the Coralnet website for analysis and can be reached at the source called "Israeli monitoring program" for further analysis or else.We utilize a stratified…

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