Using vertical Sidescan Sonar as a tool for seagrass cartography

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• 作者：N. Sá ; nchez-Carnero^a ; ^{noela.sanchezc@udc.es} ; D. Rodrí ; guez-Pé ; rez^b ; ^{daniel@dfmf.uned.es} ; E. Couñ ; ago^c ; ^{elena.counago@kartenn.es} ; S. Aceñ ; a^a ; ^{s.acenam@udc.es} ; J. Freire^a ; ¹ ; ^{jfreire@udc.es} ; ^{juan.freire@gmail.com}
• 关键词：Sidescan Sonar ; sea grass ; Posidonia ; canopy height distribution ; GIS ; classification systems
• 刊名：Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：10 December, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：115
• 期：Complete
• 页码：334-344
• 全文大小：1535 K

文摘

An acoustic method, a vertically oriented Sidescan Sonar (SSSv), is used to detect and map Posidonia oceanica meadows in the bay of Agua Amarga (SE of the Mediterranean coast of Spain). Sidescan sonar, among other active hydroacoustic techniques, has shown its ability to detect, map and monitor seagrass based on its acoustic backscatter; however, some limitations linked to its power based approach have been reported in the literature. Our method is based on the SSSv measurement of canopy height distribution, making the most use of the SSSv acoustic data and using existing algorithms as statistical mapping methods. The results show a spatially coherent and statistically consistent classification. The comparison with groundtruthing is difficult due to the steep variations in the seafloor cover found in the area of interest, nevertheless the validation is successful (proving low-order discrimination) in a zone with a large range of depth variations (0?25?m).