An assessment of the acoustic survey technique, RoxAnn, as a means of mapping seabed habitat

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 939-959

  Greenstreet, Simon P R ^a   Tuck, Ian D ^a   Grewar, Gavin N ^a   Armstrong, Eric ^a   Reid, David G ^a   Wright, Peter J ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic survey; False Colour Composite Image analysis; Habitat selection; Mapping; RoxAnn; Seabed sediment habitat

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; MAPPING; SEABED HABITAT;

MORAY FIRTH; SCOTLAND; UK;

EID: 0031251774     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.1997.0220     Document Type: Article

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