Multi-beam backscatter measurements used to infer seabed habitats

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1772-1782

  Kloser, R J ^a   Penrose, J D ^b   Butler, A J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Backscatter; Biotopes; Epifauna; Multi beam; Video

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; DATA INTERPRETATION; EPIFAUNA; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT STRUCTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTIBEAM SONAR; SEAFLOOR; SONAR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBSTRATE; WATER DEPTH;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77956904267     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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