Survey report of NOAA Ship McArthur II cruises AR-04-04, AR-05-05 and AR-06-03 : habitat classification of side scan sonar imagery in support of deep-sea coral/sponge explorations at the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary / Steven S. Intelmann [and others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Intelmann, Steven S.

National Marine Sanctuary Program (U.S.)

Series:

Marine sanctuaries conservation series ; ONMS-07-01.

Marine sanctuaries conservation series ; ONMS-07-01

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McArthur II (Ship).

Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (Agency : U.S.).

Habitat surveys--Washington (State)--Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.

Habitat surveys.

Habitat (Ecology)--Washington (State)--Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary--Classification.

Habitat (Ecology).

Benthic animals--Habitat--Washington (State)--Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.

Benthic animals.

Coral reef ecology--Washington (State)--Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.

Coral reef ecology.

Coral reefs and islands--Washington (State)--Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.

Coral reefs and islands.

Sidescan sonar--Washington (State)--Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.

Sidescan sonar.

Digital mapping.

Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (Wash.)--Environmental conditions--Classification--Methodology.

Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (Wash.).

Washington (State)--Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.

Genre:

Classification

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 50, pages) : color illustrations, color maps ; 64 KB.

Place of Publication:

Silver Spring, Md. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Marine Sanctuary Program, [2007]

Summary:

Provides a description of the habitat mapping and groundtruthing efforts from side scan sonar surveys conducted in May 2004, June 2005, and April 2006 aboard the NOAA Ship McArthur II to obtain imagery of the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary seafloor. Images were obtained in support of broader habitat mapping coverage of sanctuary waters, and to help delineate locations of suitable deep-sea coral/sponge habitat for revisiting and resurveying in more detail on subsequent cruises. Imagery was integrated with complementary data from a towed camera sled, ROVs, sedimentary samples, and bathymetry records to describe geological and biological aspects of habitat, and was used to create a preliminary map of various habitat polygon features for use in a geographical information system.

Contents:

Introduction

Survey area

Sonar acquisition and data logging

Sonar data processing and image classification

Groundtruthing

Survey results and interpretation

Summary

Acknowledgments

References

Appendix 1. Isis processing parameters

Appendix 2. Side scan sonar imagery

Appendix 3. Habitat attribute classification polygons

Appendix 4. Habitat attribute classification tables.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on May 13, 2011).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 17-19).

Other Format:

Online version: Survey report of NOAA Ship McArthur II cruises AR-04-04, AR-05-05 and AR-06-03: habitat classification of side scan sonar imagery in support of deep-sea coral/sponge explorations at the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary

OCLC:

146307083