A low-cost procedure for automatic seafloor mapping, with particular reference to coral reef conservation in developing nations

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 474, Issue , 2002, Pages 67-79

  Kvernevik, Trond Inge ^a,b   Zambri Mohd Akhir, Mohd ^b   Studholme, Jill ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b North District Office ^*  (Malaysia)

^c North District Office   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Habitat classification; Malaysia; Marine landscape ecology; Rapid assessment

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DATA ACQUISITION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERNET; MARINE BIOLOGY; REEFS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

BATHYMETRIC MAPPING;

MAPPING;

CLASSIFICATION; CORAL REEF; ECHO SOUNDER; GPS; NATURE CONSERVATION; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SOFTWARE;

MALAYSIA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0037092194     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016508923403     Document Type: Article

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