Bjørnsøya Benthic Transect Observations 2025

Occurrence
Latest version published by Aspecto AS on Apr 16, 2026 Aspecto AS
Publication date:
16 April 2026
Published by:
Aspecto AS
License:
CC-BY 4.0

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Description

Benthic transect observations from Bjørnsøya collected in 2025 using AUV video surveys. Records represent human-annotated observations from video frames, including taxon labels, counts, coordinates, depth, timestamps, and image-linked context. Dataset produced by Aspecto on behalf of Fishbase Group AS. Contact person: Kelsey Archer Barnhill (kelsey@aspecto.no).

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GBIF Registration

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Contacts

Kelsey Archer Barnhill
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Point Of Contact
Kelsey Archer Barnhill
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Point Of Contact

Geographic Coverage

Marine benthic transects around Bjørnsøya (Bear Island), Norway, approximately 66.06-66.08 N and 12.57-12.62 E based on record coordinates.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2025-09-18 / 2025-09-23

Project Data

No Description available

Title Bjornsoya 18-23.09.25

The personnel involved in the project:

Kelsey Archer Barnhill
  • Metadata Provider

Sampling Methods

No Description available

Method step description:

  1. Human annotation of AUV video transects and extracted image frames from benthic surveys around Bjørnsøya. Each record is linked to a transect, video, frame, timestamp, coordinates, and image reference. Annotations include organism or habitat label, annotation type (individual or aggregation), individual count, and contextual variables such as depth, seafloor type, altitude, and image geometry. Dataset produced by Aspecto on behalf of Fishbase Group AS.

Additional Metadata