Integrating multibeam backscatter angular response, mosaic and bathymetry data for benthic habitat mapping

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Hasan, Rozaimi Che ^a,b   Ierodiaconou, Daniel ^a   Laurenson, Laurie ^a   Schimel, Alexandre ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UTM RAZAK SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; COMPUTER PREDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; HABITAT MAPPING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIBEAM ECHOSOUNDER BACKSCATTER ANGULAR RESPONSE; MULTIBEAM ECHOSOUNDER BACKSCATTER MOSAIC; MULTIBEAM ECHOSOUNDER BATHYMETRY; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM FOREST; SPECIES HABITAT;

EID: 84901277306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097339     Document Type: Article

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