What is benthic habitat map**, how is it accomplished, and how has that changed over
time? We query the published literature to answer these questions and synthesize the …

To the untrained eye, soft‐sediment habitats are often viewed as vast expanses of
featureless sand and mud. With new technology, it is finally possible to begin to map the …

The deep seabed is composed of heterogeneous ecosystems, containing diverse habitats
for marine life. Consequently, understanding the geological and ecological characteristics of …

Automatic methods of seafloor map** are still in their early stage of development, despite
the technical progress made in recent years. A serious imperfection is the limited types of …

The primary objective of this research is to demonstrate advanced surveying methods and
techniques for coastal erosion identification and monitoring in a densely human-populated …

Multi-frequency multibeam backscatter (BS) has indicated, in particular for fine sediments,
the potential for increasing the discrimination between different seabed environments. Fine …

Acoustic backscatter has been used as a tool to map the seafloor in greater detail and plays
an increasingly important role in seafloor map** to meet multiple ocean management …

Intertidal seagrass plays a vital role in estimating the overall health and dynamics of coastal
environments due to its interaction with tidal changes. However, most seagrass habitats …

The ocean floor, its species and habitats are under pressure from various human activities.
Marine spatial planning and nature conservation aim to address these threats but require …

Improvements to acoustic seafloor map** systems have motivated novel marine
geological and benthic biological research. Multibeam echosounders (MBES) have become …