Multiannual Seafloor Dynamics around a Subtidal Rocky Reef Habitat in the North Sea
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Research Area
3. Methods
3.1. Multibeam Echo Sounding (MBES)
3.2. Side-Scan Sonar
3.2.1. Imagenex ‘YellowFin’
3.2.2. EdgeTech 4200 MP
3.3. Sub-Bottom Profiler
3.4. Camera
3.5. Grab Sampling
4. Results
4.1. General Characteristics and Habitat Properties
4.2. Temporal Variability
4.3. Mobile Sediment
4.4. Taxa Richness and Distance to Sand Patches
5. Discussion
5.1. Temporal Variation
5.2. Morphology of the Reef
5.3. Ecology
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Year (Month) | MBES | YF | EdgeTech | Video | Grab Samples | SES-2000 |
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2008/2009 | x | |||||
2016 (September) | x | x | x | |||
2017 (May) | x | x | ||||
2018 (January) | x | x | x | |||
2019 (November) | x | |||||
2020 (April) | x | x | ||||
2021 (June) | x | x | x |
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Hoffmann, J.J.L.; Michaelis, R.; Mielck, F.; Bartholomä, A.; Sander, L. Multiannual Seafloor Dynamics around a Subtidal Rocky Reef Habitat in the North Sea. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 2069. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14092069
Hoffmann JJL, Michaelis R, Mielck F, Bartholomä A, Sander L. Multiannual Seafloor Dynamics around a Subtidal Rocky Reef Habitat in the North Sea. Remote Sensing. 2022; 14(9):2069. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14092069
Chicago/Turabian StyleHoffmann, Jasper J. L., Rune Michaelis, Finn Mielck, Alexander Bartholomä, and Lasse Sander. 2022. "Multiannual Seafloor Dynamics around a Subtidal Rocky Reef Habitat in the North Sea" Remote Sensing 14, no. 9: 2069. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14092069
APA StyleHoffmann, J. J. L., Michaelis, R., Mielck, F., Bartholomä, A., & Sander, L. (2022). Multiannual Seafloor Dynamics around a Subtidal Rocky Reef Habitat in the North Sea. Remote Sensing, 14(9), 2069. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14092069