Towed-diver surveys, a method for mesoscale spatial assessment of Benthic Reef habitat: A case study at Midway Atoll in the Hawaiian Archipelago

Coastal Management

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 339-349

  Kenyon, Jean C ^a   Brainard, Russell E ^b   Hoeke, Ronald K ^a   Parrish, Frank A ^b   Wilkinson, Casey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic assessment; Coral bleaching; Midway Atoll; Towed diver

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CORRELATION METHODS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS;

BENTHIC ASSESSMENT; CORAL BLEACHING; TOWED DIVER;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

ATOLL; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; DIVING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARINE TECHNOLOGY;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33747686812     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: 15210421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08920750600686711     Document Type: Conference Paper

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