Use of a 600-kHz Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler to measure estuarine bottom type, relative abundance of submerged aquatic vegetation, and eelgrass canopy height

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 53-62

  Warren, Joseph D ^a   Peterson, Bradley J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustics; estuaries; Long Island; NY; seagrass; Shinnecock Bay; USA

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ALGORITHM; BACKSCATTER; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEAGRASS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SHINNECOCK BAY; UNITED STATES;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 33847016439     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.10.026     Document Type: Article

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