New insights into the diversity of cryptobenthic Cirripectes blennies in the Mascarene Archipelago sampled using Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS)
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9850
Abstract: Abstract Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) are artificial mini‐reefs designed for standardized sampling of sessile and small motile cryptobenthic organisms. ARMS are also effective for collecting small cryptobenthic fishes, such as the combtooth blennies of… read more here.
Keywords: autonomous reef; reef; monitoring structures; structures arms ... See more keywords
The importance of standardization for biodiversity comparisons: A case study using autonomous reef monitoring structures (ARMS) and metabarcoding to measure cryptic diversity on Mo’orea coral reefs, French Polynesia
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175066
Abstract: The advancement of metabarcoding techniques, declining costs of high-throughput sequencing and development of systematic sampling devices, such as autonomous reef monitoring structures (ARMS), have provided the means to gather a vast amount of diversity data… read more here.
Keywords: autonomous reef; reef monitoring; diversity; monitoring structures ... See more keywords
Switching between standard coral reef benthic monitoring protocols is complicated: proof of concept
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8167
Abstract: Monitoring the state of coral reefs is necessary to identify drivers of change and assess effectiveness of management actions. There are several widely-used survey methods, each of which is likely to exhibit different biases that… read more here.
Keywords: reef monitoring; survey methods; method; coral reef ... See more keywords