原文：The Catlin Seaview Survey aims to carry out the first comprehensive study to document the composition and health of coral reefs on the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea across an unprecedented depth range (0-100m).  There are three components to the Catlin Seaview Survey:

1) The shallow reef survey will involve photographing the reef in full 360 degree panoramic vision on an unprecedented scale using specially developed cameras. These images will be analysed automatically using image recognition software creating an incredibly rich broad scale baseline for scientific analysis from locations along the entire length of the 2300km reef. The visual baseline will be made freely available through Google, for scientists all around the world to study.

2) The deep reef survey looks into the effects of climate change on one of the least known ecosystems on the planet – the deep-water reefs or mesophotic coral ecosystems (between 30-100m).  It will provide a comprehensive study of the health composition and biodiversity of the deepwater reefs on the Great Barrier Reef as well as experimentally assess their susceptibility to increased temperature and climate change.

3) The third component of the survey is the mega fauna survey.  This is led by Emmy award winning cinematographer and shark researcher Richard Fitzpatrick. We’re going to be tagging and tracking manta rays, turtles and tiger sharks using satellite tags and tracking their movements live in relation to oceanographic data. This is a really important study as there are almost no comprehensive studies that have examined how large animals are changing their distributions in response to rapidly warming seas.

Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg is the chief scientist on the project and is overseeing all three components.

摘自：http://www.catlinseaviewsurvey.com/about/the-science/

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凯特琳海景研究旨在完成第一个全面完整记录大堡礁和前所未有的0到100米处珊瑚礁的构成和健康状况的项目。它主要由三个部分组成：

1）  浅处珊瑚调查会用搭载高科技照相机的360全息摄影技术拍摄出的前所未有的规模的照片来记录。这些照片将会被图像解析软件自动分析并生成一个用于科学分析的，难以置信的涵盖了丰富广阔的整个2300公里的珊瑚海域基线。这个基线将会被谷歌免费分享，用于全世界的科学家研究。

2）  深处珊瑚调查旨在这个星球上已知的生态系统对气候的影响——深水区珊瑚或者中层礁堡生态系统（30米—100米）。它会提供一份对于健康构成和在大堡礁上的深水区珊瑚的生活多样性完整调查报告。以及通过实验评估它们对于气温升高和气候变化的敏感性。

3）  调查的第三部分是大规模的动物调查。主要由Emmy最佳摄影奖，鲨鱼专家Richard Fitzpatrick带领。我们将会使用卫星标签标记、章鱼射线，海龟以及老虎鲨，以及追踪它们和海洋学数据有关的日常活动。因为几乎没有调查来研究动物们对快速变暖海域作出对分布上的变化，所以这成为一个非常主要的调查。

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg教授是该项目的主科学家，同时负责该项目的三个部分。