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| Lim, Aaron; Kane, Adam; Arnaubec, Aurelien; Wheeler, Andrew J.. |
| Cold-water coral (CWC) habitats are commonly regarded as hotspots of biodiversity in the deep-sea. However, a standardised approach to monitoring the effects of climate change, anthropogenic impact and natural variability through video-surveying on these habitats is poorly-established. This study is the first attempt at standardising a cost-effective video-survey design specific to small CWC mounds in order to accurately determine the proportion of facies across their surface. The Piddington Mound of the Moira Mounds, Porcupine Seabight, offshore Ireland has been entirely imaged by downward-facing video in 2011 and 2015. The 2011 video data is navigated into a full-mound, georeferenced video mosaic. A quadrat-based manual classification of this video... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Cold water corals; Mounds; Video survey design; Sediments; Habitat mapping. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00403/51482/53728.pdf |
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