Very-high resolution side-scan sonar mapping of biogenic reefs of the tube-worm Lanice conchilega

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3323-3328

  Degraer, Steven ^a,b   Moerkerke, Geert ^a,c   Rabaut, Marijn ^b   Van Hoey, Gert ^b,d   Du Four, Isabelle ^a   Vincx, Magda ^b   Henriet, Jean Pierre ^a   Van Lancker, Vera ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c Renard Centre of Marine Geology ^*  (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biogenic reefs; Lanice conchilega; Macrobenthos; Remote sensing; Side scan sonar

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DETECTORS; LANDFORMS; REEFS; SEDIMENTATION; SONAR; TUBES (COMPONENTS); UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

BIOGENIC REEFS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HOT-SPOTS; NORTH SEA (NS); PATCHY DISTRIBUTION; POINT SAMPLING; SIDE-SCAN SONAR IMAGERY; SOFT SEDIMENTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

SAMPLING;

BIODIVERSITY; MACROBENTHOS; MAPPING; PATCH DYNAMICS; POLYCHAETE; REEF; REMOTE SENSING; SIDESCAN SONAR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

LANICE CONCHILEGA; POLYCHAETA; TUBICOLAE;

EID: 45849112858     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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