Spatially balanced sampling designs for environmental surveys

C Kermorvant, F D'amico, N Bru, N Caill-Milly… - Environmental …, 2019 - Springer
Some environmental studies use non-probabilistic sampling designs to draw samples from
spatially distributed populations. Unfortunately, these samples can be difficult to analyse …

[HTML][HTML] Megafaunal variation in the abyssal landscape of the Clarion Clipperton Zone

E Simon-Lledó, BJ Bett, VAI Huvenne… - Progress in …, 2019 - Elsevier
The potential for imminent polymetallic nodule mining in the Clarion Clipperton Fracture
Zone (CCZ) has attracted considerable scientific and public attention. This concern stems …

Perspectives in visual imaging for marine biology and ecology: from acquisition to understanding

JM Durden, T Schoening, F Althaus… - … and Marine Biology, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
JENS GREINERT3, NANCY JACOBSEN STOUT8, DANIEL OB JONES1, ANNE JORDT3,
JEFFREY W. KAELI9, KEVIN KÖSER3, LINDA A. KUHNZ8, DHUGAL LINDSAY10, KIRSTY …

[HTML][HTML] Seamount mining test provides evidence of ecological impacts beyond deposition

TW Washburn, E Simon-Lledó, GY Soong, A Suzuki - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Summary In July 2020, Japan undertook the first deep-sea mining test of cobalt-rich crusts
on the summit of Takuyo-Daigo Seamount within their exclusive economic zone (EEZ) …

Effects of pollution on marine organisms

AJ Mearns, DJ Reish, PS Oshida, T Ginn… - Water Environment …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This review covers selected 2014 articles on the biological effects of pollutants and human
physical disturbances on marine and estuarine plants, animals, ecosystems and habitats …

Assessing the repeatability of automated seafloor classification algorithms, with application in marine protected area monitoring

A Zelada Leon, VAI Huvenne, NMA Benoist… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The number and areal extent of marine protected areas worldwide is rapidly increasing as a
result of numerous national targets that aim to see up to 30% of their waters protected by …

Monitoring mosaic biotopes in a marine conservation zone by autonomous underwater vehicle

NMA Benoist, KJ Morris, BJ Bett, JM Durden… - Conservation …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The number of marine protected areas (MPAs) has increased dramatically in the last decade
and poses a major logistic challenge for conservation practitioners in terms of spatial extent …

Spatially balanced designs for transect‐based surveys

SD Foster, GR Hosack, J Monk… - Methods in Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Many sampling techniques rely on taking measurements along a transect; an example is
underwater imagery from towed platforms used for marine ecological studies. Despite …

A quantitative comparison of towed-camera and diver-camera transects for monitoring coral reefs

AK Cresswell, NM Ryan, AJ Heyward, ANH Smith… - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Novel tools and methods for monitoring marine environments can improve efficiency but
must not compromise long-term data records. Quantitative comparisons between new and …

Filling the gaps: Predicting the distribution of temperate reef biota using high resolution biological and acoustic data

NA Hill, V Lucieer, NS Barrett, TJ Anderson… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Management of the marine environment is often hampered by a lack of comprehensive
spatial information on the distribution of diversity and the bio-physical processes structuring …