Monitoring of benthic reference sites: Using an autonomous underwater vehicle

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-84

  Williams, Stefan B ^a   Pizarro, Oscar R ^a   Jakuba, Michael V ^a   Johnson, Craig R ^b   Barrett, Neville S ^b   Babcock, Russell C ^c   Kendrick, Gary A ^d   Steinberg, Peter D ^e   Heyward, Andrew J ^f   Doherty, Peter J ^f   Mahon, Ian ^a   Johnson Roberson, Matthew ^a   Steinberg, Daniel ^a   Friedman, Ariell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLAGE COMPOSITION; AUSTRALIA; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CRITICAL LINKS; ECOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MARINE OBSERVATIONS; MARINE SCIENCE; REFERENCE SITES; REFERENCE STATIONS; RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; RESEARCH;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

EID: 84859724502     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2011.2181772     Document Type: Article

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