Cel The health of benthic communities is closely influenced by environmental impacts caused by human activities; at the same time many benthic communities play central roles in their respective ecosystems. Therefore, monitoring of benthic communities and the quantification of their living conditions is important, and can serve as a key indicator for sustainability of natural marine environments. Priorities for environmental protection are strengthened these years, and the demand for information at higher resolution scales is continually rising Thus, it is vital to develop methodologies dedicated to deliver high resolution information on the health of the marine environment. The overall objective of the sIOSONAR project is to develop and refine the fields of a. Stochastic descriptions of spatial patterns of benthic communities, b. image processing techniques, c. geostatistical estimation methods, as well as their links and interface,ending with an integrate methodology for sonar monitoring of benthic communities. The project will include comparative studies and validation of field results used to assess the reach of the method. Compared to existing benthic monitoring based on sampling, a successful outcome of this project would allow information to be collected at resolutions not attainable today, yet at the same cost level as that of today's monitoring based on sampling. The result will thus be a low-cost monitoring methodology delivering high resolution data for both small and large scale areas. It is expected that data collected in the project will be valuable to other research projects dealing with use of sonar technology in environmental and/ or biological contexts. Therefore, all data will be collected in a database, to be publically accessible preferably through Internet. The project is considered a step towards a larger goal of providing sonar pictures of of large sea bottom areas on levels equivalent to current earth observation technology or even to the clinical use of ultrasounding scanners. Dziedzina nauki natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasesnatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems Program(-y) FP4-MAST 3 - Specific programme of research and technological development in the field of marine science and technology, 1994-1998 Temat(-y) 030103 - Underwater viewing Zaproszenie do składania wniosków Data not available System finansowania CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Koordynator TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK Wkład UE Brak danych Adres Building 321 2800 LYNGBY Dania Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Uczestnicy (4) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Hiszpania Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 10,Avenida Reina Mercedes 10 41012 SEVILLA Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Estudios Geologicos Marinos SA Hiszpania Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 14,Ramonet 28033 Madrid Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Marin Mätteknik i Göteborg AB Szwecja Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 90,Byggnad 426 04 Vaestra Froelunda Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych Water Quality Institute Dania Wkład UE Brak danych Adres 11,Agern Allé 2970 Hørsholm Zobacz na mapie Koszt całkowity Brak danych