The new seafloor observatory (OBSEA) for remote and long-term coastal ecosystem monitoring

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 5850-5872

  Aguzzi, Jacopo ^a   Mànuel, Antoni ^b   Condal, Fernando ^a   Guillén, Jorge ^a   Nogueras, Marc ^b   del Rio, Joaquin ^b   Costa, Corrado ^c   Menesatti, Paolo ^c   Puig, Pere ^a   Sardà, Francesc ^a   Toma, Daniel ^b   Palanques, Albert ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activity rhythms; Automated video image analysis; Cabled observatories; EMSO ESONET; Fish community; Multidisciplinary observation; OBSEA; Remote ecosystem monitoring

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIODIVERSITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FISH; FLUOROMETRY; GEOGRAPHY; MARINE BIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA; TELECOMMUNICATION; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; DOPPLER EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FISHES; FLUOROMETRY; GEOGRAPHY; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 79959845220     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110605850     Document Type: Article

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