An acoustic method for the remote measurement of seagrass metrics

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-79

  Paul, M ^a   Lefebvre, A ^a,b   Manca, E ^a   Amos, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canopy height; Coverage; Eelgrass; Italy; Oristano; Posidonia oceanica; Sardinia; Seagrass mapping; Solent; UK

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; BACKSCATTER; CANOPY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; EEL; MEADOW; SEAFLOOR; SEAGRASS; TURBIDITY; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH;

ITALY; UNITED KINGDOM;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA; ZOSTERA MARINA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 79955956496     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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