Investigation of seabed fishing impacts on benthic structure using multi-beam sonar, sidescan sonar, and video

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1053-1065

  Malik, Mashkoor A ^a   Mayer, Larry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Multi beam sonar; Seabed marks; Sidescan sonar; Spatial analysis; Video survey

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA;

EID: 44649189643     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm056     Document Type: Article

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