Aquatic Habitat Monitoring and Mapping: Digital ... - BioSonics, Inc
Aquatic Habitat Monitoring and Mapping: Digital ... - BioSonics, Inc
Aquatic Habitat Monitoring and Mapping: Digital ... - BioSonics, Inc
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AQUASON<br />
5th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics 2004 – <strong>Aquatic</strong> <strong>Habitat</strong>s: Analysis & Restoration<br />
12 th -17<br />
th September, Madrid, Spain<br />
Case study: Santoña estuary<br />
• Asón river estuary, Santoña (Northern Spain), included<br />
1994 in the RAMSAR listing<br />
• Objective: asses <strong>and</strong> map distribution <strong>and</strong> abundance of<br />
two seagrass species, Zostera marina (eelgrass) <strong>and</strong><br />
Zostera noltii<br />
• Transect spacing 20m, one sample each 0,31m (~1 ft)<br />
• Total area of 387ha surveyed on a total of 11 days<br />
(Aug.-Sept. 2000), corresponding to about 800.000<br />
samples