Seabed habitat mapping techniques: An overview of the performance of various systems

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 29-43

  Pandian, P K ^a   Ruscoe, J P ^a   Shields, M ^b   Side, J C ^a   Harris, R E ^a   Kerr, S A ^a   Bullen, C R ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic techniques; Remote sensing; Seabed habitat mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955604376     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.107     Document Type: Article

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