The seabed characteristics of the bottom floor of Damietta Branch, Egypt, using acoustic signals

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5045-5058

  Hamouda, Amr Z ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acoustic seabed classification; Damietta; Organic matter; QTC VIEW; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEBRIS; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

ACOUSTIC CLASSIFICATION; ACOUSTIC SEABED CLASSIFICATIONS; DAMIETTA; GROWTH OF BACTERIA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; QTC VIEW; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; ALGAL BLOOM; BACTERIUM; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CURRENT VELOCITY; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOXICITY; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

DAMIETTA; EGYPT; NILE RIVER;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84901633036     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2909-7     Document Type: Article

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