RoxAnn bottom classification system, sidescan sonar and video-sledge: Spatial resolution and their use in assessing trawling impacts

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-63

  Humborstad, Odd Børre ^a   Nøttestad, Leif ^a   Løkkeborg, Svein ^a   Rapp, Hans Tore ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Impact studies; ITI positioning system; Otter trawling; RoxAnn; Sidescan sonar; Video sledge

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SIDESCAN SONAR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRAWLING; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ARCTIC; BJORNOYA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

CARNIVORA;

EID: 0842301580     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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