Remote sensing of underwater vegetation using single-beam acoustics

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 594-605

  Quintino, Victor ^a   Freitas, Rosa ^a   Mamede, Renato ^a   Ricardo, Fernando ^a   Rodrigues, Ana Maria ^a   Mota, Jorge ^b   Pérez Ruzafa, Ángel ^c   Marcos, Concepción ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Bioglobal SA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic methods; Algal cover; Remote sensing; Sediment types

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; ACOUSTIC METHOD; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; DATA INTERPRETATION; GRAIN SIZE; GREEN ALGA; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MACROPHYTE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SEAFLOOR; SEAWEED; SHALLOW WATER; SILT; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

MAR MENOR; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

ALGAE; CAULERPA; CAULERPA PROLIFERA;

EID: 79955093556     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp251     Document Type: Article

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