Plan-view photos, benthic grabs, and sediment-profile images: Using complementary techniques to assess response to seafloor disturbance

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 26-37

  Wilson, Stephanie J K ^a   Fredette, Thomas J ^b   Germano, Joseph D ^c   Blake, James A ^d   Neubert, Pamela L A ^d   Carey, Drew A ^e  

^a ENSR International   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^c Germano and Associates Inc   (United States)

^d ENSR   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic biology; Dredged material; New England; Plan view imaging; Rhode Island Sound; Sediment profile imaging

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC BIOLOGY; DREDGED MATERIAL; NEW ENGLAND; PLAN-VIEW IMAGING; RHODE ISLAND SOUND;

BIOLOGY; DREDGES; DREDGING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURVEYS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

BENTHOS; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DREDGING; FAUNA; IMAGING METHOD; SEAFLOOR; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; ANIMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; INVERTEBRATE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 65349182491     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.11.019     Document Type: Article

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