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- Charles W. Finkl
Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Fletcher, USA
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- Christopher Makowski
Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Coconut Creek, USA
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- Covers a unique collection of seafloor mapping techniques
- Provides an overview of methods and technologies for mapping benthic habitats
- Presents latest advances in seabed imaging
- Highlights modern procedures of communicating results of seafloor mapping on continental shelves
- Summarizes the state-of-the-art in visualizing the nature of seabeds on continental shelves
Part of the book series:Coastal Research Library (COASTALRL, volume 13)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
Front Matter
Pages i-xiiHistorical Development of Seafloor Mapping and Survey
Front Matter
Pages 1-1
Environmental/Biological Survey of Coastal and Shelf Environments
Front Matter
Pages 51-51Emerging Mapping Techniques for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)
- Vanessa L. Lucieer, Alexander L. Forrest
Pages 53-67Remote Sensing Technologies for the Assessment of Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
- Francisco Gutierres, Ana Cláudia Teodoro, Eusébio Reis, Carlos Neto, José Carlos Costa
Pages 69-104A Review of Remote Sensing Techniques for the Visualization of Mangroves, Reefs, Fishing Grounds, and Molluscan Settling Areas in Tropical Waters
- Thankam Theresa Paul, A. Dennis, Grinson George
Pages 105-123Combining Cetacean Soundscape Ecology and Niche Modeling to Contribute in the Mapping of the Brazilian Continental Shelf
- Marcos R. Rossi-Santos, Guilherme de Oliveira
Pages 141-166
Physical Surveys of Coasts and Seafloor Exploration on Continental Shelves
Front Matter
Pages 167-167Global Overview of Continental Shelf Geomorphology Based on the SRTM30_PLUS 30-Arc Second Database
- Peter T. Harris, Miles Macmillan-Lawler
Pages 169-190Seismic Profiling of the Seabottoms for Shallow Geological and Geotechnical Investigations
- Leszek J. Kaszubowski
Pages 191-243Using Multibeam and Sidescan Sonar to Monitor Aggregate Dredging
- Dafydd Lloyd Jones, Robert Langman, Ian Reach, John Gribble, Nigel Griffiths
Pages 245-259Landscape-Level Imaging of Benthic Environments in Optically-Deep Waters
- Roy A. Armstrong
Pages 261-272Terrestrial Laser Scanner Techniques for Enhancement in Understanding of Coastal Environments
- I. Fairley, T. Thomas, M. Phillips, D. Reeve
Pages 273-289
Back Matter
Pages 291-293
Editors and Affiliations
Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Fletcher, USA
Charles W. Finkl
Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Coconut Creek, USA
Christopher Makowski
Bibliographic Information
Book Title:Seafloor Mapping along Continental Shelves
Book Subtitle:Research and Techniques for Visualizing Benthic Environments
Editors:Charles W. Finkl, Christopher Makowski
Series Title:Coastal Research Library
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25121-9
Publisher:Springer Cham
eBook Packages:Earth and Environmental Science,Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information:Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN:978-3-319-25119-6Published: 08 April 2016
Softcover ISBN:978-3-319-79737-3Published: 20 April 2018
eBook ISBN:978-3-319-25121-9Published: 24 March 2016
Series ISSN: 2211-0577
Series E-ISSN: 2211-0585
Edition Number:1
Number of Pages:XII, 293
Number of Illustrations:60 b/w illustrations, 146 illustrations in colour
Topics:Oceanography,Geographical Information Systems/Cartography,Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences,Coastal Sciences