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An Acoustic Bottom Classification Survey of Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

B.H. Magorrian ,
M. Service  and
W. Clarke
B.H. Magorrian
Affiliation:
School of Biology and Biochemistry, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
M. Service
Affiliation:
Aquatic Sciences Research Division, Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, Newforge Lane, Belfast, Northern Ireland
W. Clarke
Affiliation:
Aquatic Sciences Research Division, Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, Newforge Lane, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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As part of an investigation into the impact of commercial trawling on the benthos of Strangford Lough a map of the distribution of the benthic communities in the Lough was required. To provide this an acoustic bottom classification survey of the Lough was carried out using a commercially available system, RoxAnn. RoxAnn processes the information from a conventional echo-sounder to determine the nature of different substrata. Underwater cameras were used to obtain ground truth data to compare with the RoxAnn data. Used in conjunction, the two surveys provided valuable information on the different bottom substrata and associated epibenthic communities present in the Lough.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 75 , Issue 4 , November 1995 , pp. 987 - 992
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1995

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