An article has appeared in on the ABC website detailing work by the IMOS AUV Facility in documenting marine reserves in Bass Strait.  These surveys were conducted during IMOS benthic monitoring surveys in July 2017.

Our IMOS AUV Facility team spent last week surveying reefs at Ningaloo in WA.  These surveys were part of our IMOS AUV Facility benthic monitoring program and repeat transects first surveyed over a decade ago.  We were working with colleagues at CSIRO to collect this data and to analyse the resulting benthic images to document changes in the coral reef and sponge communities offshore of Ningaloo.  In addition to managing the deployment and recovery of the AUV, the team were also treated to some outstanding displays by the native wildlife.