Citation: Magorrian, B.H., Service, M. & Clarke, W. 1995 An acoustic bottom classification survey of Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 75: 987-992
Number of Pages: 6
Volume Part: 4
Keywords: Benthos, Down, Fauna, Map, Marine, Marine Inlet, Northern Ireland, Reserve, Sediment, Strangford Lough, Survey
Abstract: Paper presents information 'on the different bottom substrata and associated epibenthic communities present' in Strangford Lough, Co. Down. This is 'part of an investigation into the impact of commercial trawling on the benthos of' the lough. The RoxAnn system was used to process 'information from a conventional echo-sounder to determine the nature of different substrata. Underwater cameras were used to obtain ground truth data to compare with the RoxAnn data'.