Marine habitat mapping of the Milford Haven Waterway, Wales, UK: Comparison of facies mapping and EUNIS classification for monitoring sediment habitats in an industrialized estuary

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 100, Issue , 2015, Pages 99-119

  Carey, Drew A ^a   Hayn, Melanie ^a   Germano, Joseph D ^b   Little, David I ^c   Bullimore, Blaise ^d  

^a CoastalVision ^*  (United States)

^b Germano and Associates Inc   (United States)

^c Deep Green Seas/Milford Haven Waterway Environmental Surveillance Group ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Deep Green Seas Milford Haven Waterway Environmental Surveillance Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal management; EUNIS; Facies; Habitat classification; Seafloor mapping

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MARINE SEDIMENT; REGIONAL PLANNING; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATERWAY TRANSPORT;

MILFORD HAVEN; PEMBROKESHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84938203328     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2014.09.012     Document Type: Article

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