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Title Mapping the seafloor for habitat characterization / edited by Brian J. Todd and H. Gary Greene
Published St. John's, N.L. : Geological Association of Canada, [2007]
©2007

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Description xiv, 519 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm
Series Geological Association of Canada special paper ; 47
Geological Association of Canada special paper ; 47
Contents Preface / H.G. Greene and B.J. Todd -- Modern technologies. Seafloor imagery, remote sensing and bathymetry : Acoustic Ground Discrimination Systems (AGDS) / C.J. Brown ; Satellite and airborne imagery including aerial photography for benthic habitat mapping / A. Dekker, R. Mount and A. Jordan ; Canadian imaging and sampling technology for studying benthic habitat and biological communities / D.C. Gordon ... [et al.] ; Automated textural image analysis of seabed backscatter mosaics : a comparison of four methods / R.D. Müller ... [et al.] -- Mapping techniques. Mosaics of benthic habitats using laser line scan technology / M.R. Amend ... [et al.] ; A rapid method to characterize seabed habitats and associated macro-organisms / T.J. Anderson ... [et al.] ; Marine facies mapping using multibeam backscatter / O. Christensen ... [et al.] ; Exploratory surveys of seabed habitats in Australia's deep ocean using remote sensing : needs and realities / R.J. Kloser, A. Williams and A.J. Butler ; A quantitative approach for using multibeam sonar data to map benthic habitats / C.E. Whitmire ... [et al.] -- Classification schemes. Marine classification, mapping, and biodiversity analysis / C.B. Cogan and T.T. Noji ; Construction of digital potential marine benthic habitat maps using a coded classification scheme and its application / H.G. Greene ... [et al.] ; Addressing spatial uncertainty in mapping southern Australian coastal seabed habitats / V. Halley and A. Jordan ; Process-driven characterization and mapping of seabed habitats / A framework for coastal/marine ecological classification standard (CMECS) / C.J. Madden and D.H. Grossman ; The use of geological data in developing a framework for the mapping of marine habitats on a national scale in English waters / S.L. Philpott ... [et al.] ; Development of a regional seafloor surficial geologic habitat map for the continental margins of Oregon and Washington, USA / C.G. Romsos ... [et al.] -- Case histories. Geophysical variables as predictors of megabenthos assemblages from the Northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia / R.J. Beaman and P.T. Harris ; Complex deep shelf habitat : sponge reefs in the Pacific Northwest / K.W. Conway, J.V. Barrie and M. Krautter ; The offshore Edgecumbe lava field, southeast Alaska : geologic and habitat characterization of a commercial fishing ground / H.G. Greene ... [et al.] ; Habitat mapping of a cold-water coral reef off Norway : a comparison of visual and computer-assisted methods to interpret sidescan sonar data / V. Hühnerbach ... [et al.] ; A method for seabed habitat mapping : integrating acoustic information with biogeophysical observations : case study, Scott Reef / I. McLeod ... [et al.] ; The use of geophysical survey data in fisheries management : a case history from southeast Alaska / V.M. O'Connell, C.K. Brylinsky and H.G. Greene ; Benthic foraminifera as environmental indicators in Torres Strait-Gulf of Papua / A.L. Post ... [et al.] ; Mapping marine benthic habitat in the Gulf of Alaska : geological habitat, fish distributions, and fishing intensity / S.K. Shotwell ... [et al.] ; Video analysis of megabenthos assemblages in the central Gulf of Maine / L. Watling and C. Skinder -- Seafloor disturbances. Marine mining and habitat / J.V. Barrie and T.M. Good ; Impact of offshore aggregate extraction in the Prince Rupert area of British Columbia, Canada / T.M. Good, J.V. Barrie and B.D. Bornhold ; Impacts of bay floor disturbances on benthic habitats in San Francisco Bay / H.G. Greene ... [et al.] ; Impacts of mobile fishing gear on continental shelf sedimentary habitat characterization / L. Watling ; The effects of dredge material disposal on marine benthic habitats of the Santa Cruz Bight, California / S. Watt and H.G. Greene -- Marine policy. Ocean management of Queen Charlotte Basin, British Columbia, Canada / J.V. Barrie and K.W. Conway ; Applying marine habitat data to fishery management on the US west coast : initiating a policy-science feedback loop / S.L. Copps ... [et al.] ; Applications of geophysical information to the design of a representative system of marine protected areas in southeastern Australia / P.T. Harris ; Habitat mapping and national seafloor mapping strategies in Canada / R.A. Pickrill and V.E. Kostylev ; European marine geoscience database projects : giving access to existing collections / A.G. Stevenson and T. Thorsnes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Includes some text in French
Subject Benthos -- Habitat.
Sublittoral ecology.
Submarine topography -- Environmental aspects.
Ocean bottom.
Ecological mapping.
Marine habitats.
Marine resources -- Government policy.
Author Todd, Brian J. (Brian Jeremy)
Greene, H. G.
Geological Association of Canada.
ISBN 9781897095331
1897095333