Characterizing benthic substrates of Santa Monica Bay with seafloor photography and multibeam sonar imagery

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 47-66

  Edwards, Brian D ^a   Dartnell, Peter ^a   Chezar, Henry ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic fauna; Benthic habitat; Multibeam sonar; Sediment; Shelf; Slope; Southern California; Substrate

Indexed keywords

PHOTOGRAPHY; SONAR; SUBSTRATES;

SEAFLOOR PHOTOGRAPHY;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MULTIBEAM SONAR; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEAFLOOR; SUBSTRATE;

BENTHIC FAUNA; BENTHOS; BIOTURBATION; ECHOLOCATION; GEOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SAND; SEASHORE; SEDIMENTATION; VIDEORECORDING;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA MONICA BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037410935     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(02)00324-0     Document Type: Review

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