Seagrass meadows are key elements of marine ecosystems as they affect the physical,
chemical and biological environment and provide habitats for fish and invertebrates. Human …

This paper presents an integrated geomorphological map of terrestrial and marine areas of
northern Malta and Comino (central Mediterranean Sea) at 1: 25,000 scale. The map is the …

The uneven mapping of the Maltese continental shelf precludes a full assessment of its
marine habitats, important for their monitoring and conservation in line with the EU Marine …

The rising human activities and resource exploitation have increased pressure in the coastal
zone and the marine environment, risking the very existence of Marine Priority Habitats …

A physics-based algorithm has been developed for the inversion of multibeam sonar survey
data for sediment properties. The algorithm relies on high-frequency acoustical models of …

Recently, there have been many debates to analyse backscatter data from multibeam
echosounder system (MBES) for seafloor classifications. Among them, two common …

Echosounders are commonly used in hydrography to measure bathymetry; they can also
provide seabed reflectivity information based on the measurement of the seafloor acoustic …

Texture analysis is one of the principal methods by which acoustic backscatter information is
analyzed and classified. Recently, its application to the identification of subtle changes in …

Climate change and anthropogenic activities have caused the degradation of seagrass
ecosystems. Hence, systematic habitat mapping and identification process are required to …

Deniz çayırı sualtı ekosisteminde fiziksel, kimyasal ve biyolojik çevreyi etkileyen ve balık
omurgasız canlılar için habitat sağlayan önemli bir canlıdır. İnsan aktiviteleri sebebiyle bu …