Using a towed optical habitat mapping system to monitor the invasive tunicate species Didemnum sp. along the northeast continental shelf

OCEANS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  York, Amber ^a   Gallager, Scott ^a   Taylor, Richard ^a   Vine, Norman ^a   Lerner, Steve ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC COASTS; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEAD SEA; EDGE SPAN; EGG CASE; GEORGES BANK; HABITAT MAPPING; OPTICAL IMAGE; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS; SEASONALITY; VULGARIS;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; GRAVEL; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SHIPS;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 70350128488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS.2008.5152001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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