Marine biological mapping for environment management using acoustic ground discrimination systems and geographic information systems

Underwater Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 167-172

  Davies, J ^a   Foster Smith, R ^a   Sotheran, I S ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPPING; MARINE BIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC GROUND DISCRIMINATION SYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGICAL MAPPING; MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

BIOLOGICAL DATA; GIS; MAPPING; SONAR;

EID: 0031225205     PISSN: 01410814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3723/175605497783260073     Document Type: Article

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