Remote acoustic habitat assessment techniques used to characterized the quality and extent of oyster bottom in the chesapeake bay

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 171-189

  Smith, G F ^a   Bruce, D G ^a   Roach, E B ^a  

^a MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic seabed classification systems; Oyster habitat; Remote sensing; Sonar

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; GIS; HABITAT QUALITY; OYSTER CULTURE; SEAFLOOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034827677     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490410152494736     Document Type: Article

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