• Recognition of Cold-Water Corals in Synthetic Aperture Sonar Imagery 

      Sture, Øystein; Ludvigsen, Martin; Scheide, Margrete Sandsbråten; Thorsnes, Terje (Chapter, 2018)
      The deep-water coral Lophelia pertusa is a common reef-building scleractinian coral, or stony coral, occurring in mid to deep waters around the world. The reefs they form are regarded as hot spots for biodiversity and ...
    • Sandbanks, sandwaves and megaripples on Spitsbergenbanken, Barents Sea 

      Bellec, Valérie K.; Bøe, Reidulv; Bjarnadóttir, Lilja Rún; Albretsen, Jon; Dolan, Margaret F.J.; Chand, Shyam; Thorsnes, Terje; Jakobsen, Frank Werner; Nixon, Chantel; Plassen, Liv; Jensen, Henning; Baeten, Nicole Jeanne; Olsen, Heidi; Elvenes, Sigrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Recently acquired multibeam echosounder data from the shallowest part (26–53 m depth) of Spitsbergenbanken in the western Barents Sea reveal a variety of bedforms, including megaripples, sandwaves and sandbanks. The bedforms ...
    • The growth of benthic organisms in a dumping ground for military bombs and munitions 

      Kjeken, John (Master thesis, 2017)
      Dumping sites for WWII-era bombs and munitions are widespread in the North-East Atlantic. The dumped materiel in such sites pose risks to people and environment through the release of toxic chemicals and accidental detonation. ...
    • Use of Underwater Hyperspectral Imagery for geological characterization of the seabed 

      Aarrestad, Sigrun Melve (Master thesis, 2014)
      This master s thesis presents an optical mapping method, Hyperspectral Imaging (HI) and its application to marine geological mapping - Underwater Hyperspectral Imaging (UHI). UHI uses similar technology as terrestrial HI ...