Multibeam echosounder systems (MBES) have long provided bathymetric data with high
temporal and spatial resolution. In the last couple of decades, MBES observations of …

An improved understanding of the physical interaction of towed demersal fishing gears with
the seabed has been developed in recent years, and there is a clearer view of the …

Continental shelves worldwide are subject to intense bottom trawling that causes sediment
to be resuspended. The widely used traditional concepts of modern sedimentary transport …

Bottom trawling is known to affect benthic faunal communities but its effects on sediment
suspension and seabed biogeochemistry are less well described. In addition, few studies …

Beam trawling causes physical disruption of the seabed through contact of the gear
components with the sediment and the resuspension of sediment into the water column in …

Catch monitoring during demersal trawling is important to help fishers around the globe to
cope with high bycatches. Information about catch composition during towing will allow …

Acoustic scattering can be used to estimate Suspended Sediment Concentration (SSC)
through acoustic inversion methods. Current SSC quantification methods are mostly unable …

Monitoring turbidity is essential for sustainable coastal management because an increase in
turbidity leading to diminishing water clarity has a detrimental ecological impact. Turbidity in …

The hydrodynamic drag of towed fishing gears leads to direct impacts on the benthic
environment, and can play a major role in the overall economic efficiency of the fishing …

Unlike the major anthropogenic changes that terrestrial and coastal habitats underwent
during the last centuries such as deforestation, river engineering, agricultural practices or …