Protocols for Monitoring with Digital Video
and a SONAR-based Locating System

Before downloading the following components, we suggest reading the Cover and Introduction document, as well as, the overview sections of Protocols´ I and II to better understand the association between the various files.

Files in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format:

• Protocols Cover and Introduction (22 kb)
• Protocol I - Using Videotape to Sample Coral Reefs (329 kb)
• Image Files: Plate 1 |  Plate 2 |  Plate 3 |  Plate 4 |  Plate 5 |  Plate 6 |  Plate 7
• Protocol II - Using AquaMap at a Study Site (1,135 kb), Updated: June 2002
• Image Files: Plate 1 |  Plate 2 |  Plate 3
• Glossary of Terminology (27 kb)
• Image Files: Plate 1

Associated file components:

• data_entry_sheet.xls - Microsoft Excel worksheet (3,546 kb)
• randomplot.xls - Microsoft Excel worksheet (64 kb)
• Video_Method.atn - written for Adobe Photoshop (3 kb)
• Lola.wbt - written for WinBatch software (20 kb)
   

Coral Reef Monitoring Protocol Video formats:

• reef mon.asf - down-loadable high quality Windows media file.
  Regarding all downloads, be sure your "C" drive has sufficient space, or consider saving files to another drive.

For more information regarding the protocols, contact the authors:

Caroline Rogers (USGS/BRD), email: caroline_rogers@usgs.gov
Jeff Miller (NPS), email:  jeffmiller@islands.vi
Virgin Islands National Park
P.O. Box 710
St. John, USVI 00831
Phone: 340-693-8950  Fax: 340-693-9500