A vessel-towed camera platform for surveying seafloor habitats of the continental shelf

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1161-1170

  Barker, Bruce A J ^a   Helmond, Ian ^a   Bax, Nicholas J ^a   Williams, Alan ^a   Davenport, Stephanie ^a   Wadley, Victoria A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continental shelf; Photography; Seafloor habitat; Towed camera system; Underwater survey; Video

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; HABITAT STRUCTURE; SEAFLOOR; TOWING; UNDERWATER CAMERA;

EID: 0033522976     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(99)00017-5     Document Type: Article

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