New equipment for benthic habitat studies 1: East Coast of Canada undergoing rapid offshore development; observing drill wastes in the benthic boundary layer

Sea Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 56-61

  Milligan, Tim G ^a   Belliveau, Don ^a   Muschenheim, D Kee ^a   Morton, Glen R ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERIES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; OCEAN HABITATS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; REMOTE CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNDERWATER CAMERAS; UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY; VIDEO RECORDING;

BENTHIC HABITATS;

OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT;

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; DRILLING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 0032173197     PISSN: 00933651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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