Use of multi-beam sonar to map seagrass beds in Otsuchi Bay on the Sanriku Coast of Japan

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-230

  Komatsu, Teruhisa ^a   Igarashi, Chiaki ^a   Tatsukawa, Kenichi ^a   Sultana, Sayeeda ^a   Matsuoka, Yasuaki ^b   Harada, Shuichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Toyo Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mapping methods; Multi beam sonar; Remote sensing; Seagrass; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; MAPPING METHOD; MULTIBEAM SONAR; REMOTE SENSING; SEAGRASS;

HONSHU; JAPAN; OTSUCHI BAY;

ALGAE; HALOPHILA; ZOSTERA CAULESCENS;

EID: 0041694402     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0990-7440(03)00045-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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