We have assessed the current state of knowledge relative to methods used in assessing sub-
tidal benthic habitat quality and the classification of benthic habitats. While our main focus is …

Remote Sensing plays a key role in monitoring the various manifestations of global climate
change. It is used routinely in the assessment and mapping of biodiversity over large areas …

Application of sidescan sonar at the regional scale of the Abrolhos Bank, with ground-
truthing by remotely operated vehicles and mixed-gas diving operations, revealed a much …

Multibeam echosounders (MBES) are increasingly becoming the tool of choice for marine
habitat mapping applications. In turn, the rapid expansion of habitat mapping studies has …

Mapping seafloors is a fundamental step for managing and preserving coastal zones.
Moreover, in a context of current global environmental changes, new methods allowing long …

In Europe there is an extensive history of the derivation and use of benthic indicators which
parallels similar developments in North America and elsewhere. Most recently, this has …

This study characterizes the macrobenthic gradients in Ria de Aveiro, Western Portugal. Ria
de Aveiro is the meeting place of a number of river basins, resulting in a transition system of …

Maps of nearshore marine habitat are fundamental tools for the management and
conservation of coastal ecosystems. While traditional field mapping techniques, such as …

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 …

Increasingly, knowledge of broad‐scale distribution patterns of populations, communities,
and habitats of the seafloor is needed for impact assessment, conservation, and studies of …