MX Aquatic Habitat Echosounder To Locate, Map Eelgrass

摘要

Dr. Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria of Friday Harbor Laboratories at the University of Washington chose BioSon-ics (Seattle, Washington) MX Aquatic Habitat Echosounder to locate and map eelgrass (Zostera marina) shoots in Portage Bay on the Lummi Nation Reservation as part of a course she is co-teaching. The class is learning about different methods to remotely sense eelgrass presence and distribution. MX Echosounder also allows for accurate measurement of canopy height, percent coverage, and maximum and minimum depth limits of eelgrass growth.