Benthic habitat mapping: A review of progress towards improved understanding of the spatial ecology of the seafloor using acoustic techniques

CJ Brown, SJ Smith, P Lawton, JT Anderson - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf …, 2011 - Elsevier
This review examines the various strategies and methods used to produce benthic habitat
maps using acoustic remote sensing techniques, coupled with in situ sampling. The …

The application of remote sensing to seagrass ecosystems: an overview and future research prospects

MS Hossain, JS Bujang, MH Zakaria… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This review evaluates various methods employed to produce seagrass habitat maps using
optical and acoustic remote-sensing (RS) techniques coupled with in situ sampling to …

The use of green laser in LiDAR bathymetry: State of the art and recent advancements

A Szafarczyk, C Toś - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bathymetric LiDAR technology is a technology used for simultaneous data acquisition
regarding the morphology of the bottom of water reservoirs and the surrounding coastal …

Mapping seabed sediments: Comparison of manual, geostatistical, object-based image analysis and machine learning approaches

M Diesing, SL Green, D Stephens, RM Lark… - Continental Shelf …, 2014 - Elsevier
Marine spatial planning and conservation need underpinning with sufficiently detailed and
accurate seabed substrate and habitat maps. Although multibeam echosounders enable us …

Spatial scale and geographic context in benthic habitat mapping: review and future directions

V Lecours, R Devillers, DC Schneider… - Marine Ecology …, 2015 - int-res.com
Understanding the effects of scale is essential to the understanding of natural ecosystems,
particularly in marine environments where sampling is more limited and sporadic than in …

A multi-method approach for benthic habitat mapping of shallow coastal areas with high-resolution multibeam data

A Micallef, TP Le Bas, VAI Huvenne, P Blondel… - Continental Shelf …, 2012 - Elsevier
The coastal waters of the Maltese Islands, central Mediterranean Sea, sustain a diversity of
marine habitats and support a wide range of human activities. The islands' shallow waters …

Do marine substrates 'look'and 'sound'the same? Supervised classification of multibeam acoustic data using autonomous underwater vehicle images

V Lucieer, NA Hill, NS Barrett, S Nichol - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf …, 2013 - Elsevier
In this study we outline the techniques used to transform multibeam acoustic data into spatial
layers that can be used for predictive habitat modelling. The results allow us to identify …

Recommendations for improved and coherent acquisition and processing of backscatter data from seafloor-mapping sonars

G Lamarche, X Lurton - Marine Geophysical Research, 2018 - Springer
Multibeam echosounders are becoming widespread for the purposes of seafloor bathymetry
mapping, but the acquisition and the use of seafloor backscatter measurements, acquired …

Multiple methods, maps, and management applications: Purpose made seafloor maps in support of ocean management

CJ Brown, JA Sameoto, SJ Smith - Journal of Sea Research, 2012 - Elsevier
The establishment of multibeam echosounders (MBES) as a mainstream tool in ocean
mapping has facilitated integrative approaches toward nautical charting, benthic habitat …

Marine sedimentary carbon stocks of the United Kingdom's exclusive economic zone

C Smeaton, CA Hunt, WR Turrell… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Continental shelf sediments are recognized as long-term stores of globally significant
quantities of carbon (C) and potentially provide an important, yet largely overlooked climate …