The authors would like to thank the Product and Promotion Team from Geoscience Australia for the assistance in publishing these guidelines and for the design of the cover page. In addition, the support from Brooke Gibbons from the University of Western Australia in coding the reformatting of these guidelines into the National Environmental Science Program website for the Marine Sampling Field Manuals was greatly appreciated; thank you Brooke for doing an outstanding job! We would also like to extend our gratitude to Lindsay Gee from the Ocean Exploration Trust and Simone Burzacott-Gorman from Wilderness School Adelaide for their reviews of these guidelines and associated constructive comments.
