IMPORTANT Notes Regarding Data
Data Use Policy:
MBARI provides these data "as is", with no warranty, express or implied,
of the data quality or consistency. It is provided without support and
without obligation on the part of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
to assist in its use, correction, modification, or enhancement.
For use in publication, authors should obtain written permission from MBARI's Director of Information and Technology Dissemination,
Judith Connor. (See contact information below.)
Authors should acknowledge MBARI as the data source in those publications
and provide reprints to the MBARI library. Also, it is generally expected
that any science publication relying heavily on information or interpretation
from one or more MBARI scientists will acknowledge those scientists,
typically by including them as collaborators and co-authors when their
contribution has been significant.
Exclusions:
MBARI typically embargoes annotation and related data for two years for
internal quality control and analysis. In addition, extensions to this
period are sometimes granted for specific data sets, which are still
undergoing review and analysis for publication. In general most of the
annotations and related data older than two years are made available here
through the VARS Query system, but it should not be assumed that
these data are representative of the entire MBARI video annotation database.
Quality Control:
Due to the nature of ROV video data collection and analysis, identifications
of marine organisms may change based on new research findings or technological
advances such as higher-resolution camera systems, and biases are introduced as
described above. Further, the data provided in MBARI's video annotation database
are continuously undergoing updates to reflect quality control and other improvements.
For these reasons, no specific data sets obtained from the VARS Query system should be considered for scientific publication without first obtaining appropriate written verification from MBARI. If you wish to use this data for scientific publication, please contact us to arrange any necessary data review and distribution .
Contact
Judith Connor: conn at mbari dot org