Calibration techniques and sampling resolution requirements for groundtruthing multibeam acoustic backscatter (EM3000) and QTC VIEW™ classification technology |
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| Authors: | TF Sutherland J Galloway R Loschiavo CD Levings R Hare |
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| Institution: | aFisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental and Habitat Science Division, West Vancouver Laboratory, 4160 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC, V7V 1N6, Canada;bCanadian Hydrographic Service, PO Box 6000, 9860 West Saanich Road, Sidney, BC, V8L 4B2, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Both acoustic and sediment surveys were carried out in the Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia, in order to map a former aquaculture site and calibrate acoustic surveys with georeferenced sediment properties. The acoustic surveys included EM3000 Multibeam (including backscatter) and QTC VIEW™ (Series IV) technologies, while the geotechnical survey entailed Van Veen grab sampling of surface sediments and associated analyses. The two acoustic technologies were consistent in their ability to identify distinct regions of seafloor characterized by rock outcrops, consolidated substrates, or gel-mud depositional fields. Both multibeam backscatter data and QTC VIEW™ number-coded classifications were extracted across a range of circular areas located at each georeferenced sampling station (radii: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, 16, 20 m). Statistical correlations were observed between backscatter and certain geotechnical properties, such as sediment porosity, sediment grain size fractions (<2 μm, silt content), and particulate sulfur concentration. The areal resolution of backscatter extraction was explored in terms of determining a sensitive calibration technique between backscatter and sediment properties. In general the highest r2 values between backscatter and sediment variables were observed across extraction radii between 8 and 20 m. Such groundtruthing techniques could be used to interpolate seafloor characteristics between sampling stations and provide a steering tool for sampling designs associated with benthic monitoring programs. |
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| Keywords: | acoustic survey multibeam backscatter QTC VIEW™ sediment porosity groundtruthing sulfur aquaculture |
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