Mapping seabed biotopes at two spatial scales in the eastern English Channel. Part 2. Comparison of two acoustic ground discrimination systems

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 489-500

  Foster Smith, Robert L ^a   Brown, Craig J ^b,c   Meadows, William J ^b   White, William H ^a   Limpenny, David S ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BENTHOS; BIOTOPE; SEAFLOOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 3042625935     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404009506h     Document Type: Review

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