NMBAQC

Epibiota

Contract Manager: Matt Service, AFBI

Component Administrator (2007 - 2009): Envision

Epibiota Video Ring Test Pilot

Remote photography/video is increasingly being used in survey and monitoring work as a means of investigating the benthic environment. Thus far QA work has been carried out on the methods to produce protocols for undertaking the surveys themselves and ensuring the best results from use of video and stills. However, less work has gone into the QA of the interpretation of the images produced. While some ad hoc QA has taken place there are as yet no recognised standards for this process. The focus of this work is to be on the assessment of footage itself rather than in fieldwork methodologies - the hope is that we will be able to have QA of image "samples" in the same way we currently undertake QA of traditional biological samples.

The NMBAQC's Epibiota Video Ring Test Pilot was run over 2008 - 2009 and involved three tests and a concluding workshop. The final report, ring test reports and workshop proceedings from this video ring test pilot are available on the Epibiota Reports page.