New equipment for benthic habitat studies

Author

Belliveau, Donald J. ; Milligan, Timothy G. ; Cranford, Peter ; Chin-Yee, Mark ; Steeves, George ; McKeown, David L. ; Vass, Peter ; Muschenheim, Dwight K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Fisheries & Oceans, Bedford Inst. of Oceanogr., Dartmouth, NS, Canada

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

6-9 Oct 1997

Firstpage

374

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of new systems used in benthic habitat studies at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography. These new systems include towed, profiling and moored instruments. A partial list of sensors used in these systems includes high resolution video, silhouette cameras, hydraulic bottom grab, surficial floc sampler, water bottles and a near bottom multi-level water sampler. These systems have been used to study the effects of otter trawling on benthic habitat and biological communities and/or the fate of particulate drilling wastes around offshore rigs

Keywords

ecology; geophysical equipment; oceanographic equipment; seafloor phenomena; sediments; water pollution measurement; Bedford Institute of Oceanography; apparatus; benthic habitat; biological community; bottom grab; camera; drilling waste; equipment; fishing; marine biology; marine sediment; measurement technique; moored instrument; ocean; offshore rig; otter trawling; seabed; seafloor; surficial floc sampler; towed instrument; video; water bottle; water pollution; Aquaculture; Cameras; Drilling; Environmental factors; Instruments; Oceanographic techniques; Oceans; Petroleum; Sea measurements; Water resources;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '97. MTS/IEEE Conference Proceedings

Conference_Location

Halifax, NS

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4108-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1997.634392

Filename

634392