Using laser line scan imaging technology to assess deepwater seafloor habitats in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-26

  Yoklavich, Mary M ^a   Grimes, Churchill B ^a   Wakefield, W Waldo ^b  

^a NOAA SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; LASER OPTICS; MARINE ENGINEERING; UNDERWATER IMAGING; WATER WAVES;

LASER LINE SCAN (LLS) IMAGING;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ACOUSTIC IMAGERY; BENTHOS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; SEAFLOOR MAPPING;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041630697     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4031/002533203787537393     Document Type: Article

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