This review examines the various strategies and methods used to produce benthic habitat
maps using acoustic remote sensing techniques, coupled with in situ sampling. The …

Management areas are used in marine spatial planning to conserve biodiversity of marine
ecosystems and to protect fish from fishing pressure. To evaluate the effectiveness of these …

Marine soft sediments are often considered to be vast, homogeneous expanses of mud or
sand; however, most exhibit small‐scale biogenic structures. Generally such structures …

Seafloor habitats throughout the world's oceans are being homogenized by physical
disturbance. Even though seafloor sediments are commonly considered to be simple and …

Mesophotic coral reefs in the Indo-West Pacific, the most diverse coral reef region on earth,
are among the least documented. This study provides the first detailed investigation of the …

To create maps of nearshore benthic habitats of Broward County, Florida, from 0 to 35 m
depth, we combined laser bathymetry, acoustic ground discrimination, subbottom profiling …

Underwater biogenic habitats composed of unattached calcified red algae, named as
rhodolith or maërl beds, may extant either alive or dead, over the seabed. The accumulation …

We investigated which variables, including environmental variables and food availability,
could predict the spatial distribution and dynamics of benthic macrofauna on an intertidal …

Interaction between the diversity of local communities and the degree of connectivity
between them has the potential to influence local recovery rates and thus profoundly affect …

An important first step in marine spatial planning and ecosystem-based management efforts
is the creation of benthic habitat maps that allow scientists and managers to understand the …