Acoustic bottom detection and seabed classification in the German Bight, southern North Sea

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 177-184

  Bartholomä, Alexander ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS;

ACOUSTIC BOTTOM DETECTION; ACOUSTIC SEABED CLASSIFICATION; BENTHIC FAUNA; SEAFLOOR SEDIMENTS; UNDERWATER REMOTE SENSING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; REMOTE SENSING; SEAFLOOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

LANICE CONCHILEGA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33747193579     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-006-0030-6     Document Type: Article

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