Marine benthic habitat mapping using multibeam data, georeferencedvideo and image classification techniques in Victoria, Australia

Journal of Spatial Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-104

  Ierodiaconou, D ^a   Burq, S ^b   Reston, M ^b   Laurenson, L ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Victorian Parnership for Advanced Computing VPAC   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classification; GIS; Habitat; Multibeam; Video

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; BATHYMETRY; BENTHOS; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; GIS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MAPPING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MULTIBEAM SONAR; UNDERWATER CAMERA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 34547136443     PISSN: 14498596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14498596.2007.9635105     Document Type: Article

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