A review of sublittoral monitoring methods in temperate waters: A focus on scale

Underwater Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 99-113

  van Rein, H B ^a   Brown, Cj ^a   Quinn, R ^a   Breen, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthos; Marine; Monitoring; Resolution; Scale; Temperate

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC HABITATS; BENTHOS; DATA RESOLUTIONS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MARINE; MESO SCALE; MONITORING METHODS; MONITORING PROGRAMMES; MULTIBEAM SONAR; NESTED DESIGN; SAMPLING TECHNIQUE; SCALE; SIDE SCAN SONAR; SPATIAL SCALE; TEMPERATE; UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CAMERAS; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SONAR; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

MONITORING;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; HABITAT TYPE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIDAR; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MULTIBEAM SONAR; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; RESEARCH WORK; RESOLUTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79960239230     PISSN: 17560543     EISSN: 17560551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3723/ut.28.099     Document Type: Article

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