Improving the quantitative estimation of trawling impacts from sidescan-sonar and underwater-video imagery

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1692-1701

  Smith, C J ^a   Banks, A C ^a   Papadopoulou, K N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean sea; Optical and acoustic imaging; Sidescan sonar; Towed video sledge; Trawling impacts

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECHINODERM; ESTIMATION METHOD; IMAGERY; SIDESCAN SONAR; TRAWLING; UNDERWATER CAMERA;

AEGEAN SEA; CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; IRAKLION [CRETE]; IRAKLION BAY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CRINOIDEA; LEPTOMETRA PHALANGIUM;

EID: 44649117397     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm165     Document Type: Article

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