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A Method for the Simulation and Removal of Multibeam Echosounder Water Column Data Artifacts Open

Amy W. Nau, VL Lucieer, Yoann Ladroit, K. Haris, Tara J. Martin · 2025

Advanced Detection and Classification of Kelp Habitats Using Multibeam Echosounder Water Column Point Cloud Data Open

Amy W. Nau, VL Lucieer, Alexandre C. G. Schimel, K. Haris, Yoann Ladroit , et al. · 2025

Kelps are important habitat-forming species in shallow marine environments, providing critical habitat, structure, and productivity for temperate reef ecosystems worldwide. Many kelp species are currently endangered by myriad pressures, in…

Geomorphic time series reveals the constructive and destructive history of Havre caldera volcano, Kermadec arc Open

Erica Spain, R. Carey, J. M. Whittaker, VL Lucieer, J. M. Fox , et al. · 2025

Monitoring active seafloor processes requires repeated, comparable surveys to enable change detection. The change detection of the deep ocean floor, however, is rare due to a paucity of repeat data at an appropriate resolution. In this stu…

Identifying community-driven priority questions in acoustic backscatter research Open

Vincent Lecours, Benjamin Misiuk, Felix Butschek, Philippe Blondel, Giacomo Montereale Gavazzi , et al. · 2025

Introduction Remotely-sensed acoustic backscatter is an indispensable tool for seabed mapping, among other disciplines. Almost a decade after the GeoHab Backscatter Working Group published its guidelines and recommendations report, new tec…

Impact of experimental light regimes on Antarctic fast-ice algal communities observed by combining ice coring and imaging spectroscopy Open

Emiliano Cimoli, Fraser Kennedy, Klaus M Meiners, Lars Chresten Lund-Hansen, Zbyněk Malenovský , et al. · 2025

Antarctic landfast sea ice is an integral component of coastal and nearshore ecosystems, providing bottom-ice habitats that harbour some of the most productive marine microalgal communities on Earth. Ice algal biomass is driven by the spat…

Quantifying pigment content in crustose coralline algae using hyperspectral imaging: A case study with Tethysphytum antarcticum (Ross Sea, Antarctica) Open

Juan C. Montes‐Herrera, Emiliano Cimoli, Vonda J. Cummings, Roberta D’Archino, Wendy A. Nelson , et al. · 2024

Crustose coralline algae (CCA) are a highly diverse group of habitat‐forming, calcifying red macroalgae (Rhodophyta) with unique adaptations to diverse irradiance regimes. A distinctive CCA phenotype adaptation, which allows them to maximi…

Geomorphometric maps of Australia’s Marine Park estate and their role in improving the integrated monitoring and management of marine ecosystems Open

VL Lucieer, Emma Flukes, Jacquomo Monk, Peter Walsh · 2024

The loss of marine biodiversity is a major global issue that needs to be prioritised. In Australia, a considerable proportion (48%) of its Exclusive Economic Zone is dedicated to marine protected areas. To effectively manage this network o…

Mapping water content in drying Antarctic moss communities using UAS‐borne SWIR imaging spectroscopy Open

Darren Turner, Emiliano Cimoli, Arko Lucieer, R. Haynes, Krystal Randall , et al. · 2023

Antarctic moss beds are sensitive to climatic conditions, and both their survival and community composition are particularly influenced by the availability of liquid water over summer. As Antarctic regions increasingly face climate pressur…

SEAFLOOR BACKSCATTER ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING BEST PRACTICE & RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE GEOHAB BACKSCATTER WORKING GROUP Open

Xavier Lurton, Geoffroy Lamarche, Craig J. Brown, Erin Heffron, VL Lucieer , et al. · 2023

Remote sensing of Antarctic polychaete reefs (Serpula narconensis): reproducible workflows for quantifying benthic structural complexity with action cameras, remotely operated vehicles and structure‐from‐motion photogrammetry Open

Juan C. Montes‐Herrera, Nicole Hill, Vonda J. Cummings, Glenn Johnstone, Jonathan S. Stark , et al. · 2023

Quantifying the structural complexity provided by biogenic habitat structures is important in ecology, conservation and management, and yet remains a challenging task, particularly in deep sea and polar environments, that current photogram…

Seascape Visual Characterization: Combining Viewing Geometry and Physical Features to Quantify the Perception of Seascape Open

Julian Manning, C MacLeod, VL Lucieer · 2023

The visual impacts of marine-based economic activities on seascape quality and its inherent value for different user groups are considered to be a highly contentious issue and difficult to quantify. In recent years, with the growth of the …

Mapping warming reefs—An application of multibeam acoustic water column analysis to define threatened abalone habitat Open

VL Lucieer, Emma Flukes, JP Keane, SD Ling, Amy W. Nau , et al. · 2023

Robust definition of the spatial extent of seafloor habitats and how they may be changing through time is a holy grail for ecosystem management, particularly if an ecosystem is approaching a tipping point beyond which irreversible changes …

Spatial uncertainty estimation techniques for shallow coastal seabed mapping. Open

VL Lucieer · 2023

Techniques for seabed habitat mapping have developed considerably over the past 10 years, principally through advances in acoustic technologies and tools for improved spatial analysis. The increasing need for information on the distributio…

SeaMap Tasmania, Mapping the Gaps Open

VL Lucieer, MM Lawler, AJ Pender, MG Morffew · 2022

“SeaMap Tasmania- Mapping the Gaps” has been a NRM North co funded project to facilitate the mapping of significant gaps in the SeaMap Tasmania database of marine habitats in the inshore coastal waters of Tasmania. These gaps included most…

Mapping of inshore marine habitats from Schouten Island to Bicheno on the East Coast of Tasmania Open

VL Lucieer, MM Lawler, MG Morffew, AJ Pender · 2022

In 2001 a baseline survey of marine habitats was conducted within the Bruny Bioregion, from Southport (on the south east coast) to Hellfire Bluff (on the east coast). The study presented the first detailed inventory of maps of marine habit…

Mapping of inshore marine habitats in the Cradle Coast Region: from West Head to Robbins Passage Open

VL Lucieer, MM Lawler, MG Morffew, AJ Pender · 2022

This study presents the first continuous baseline inventory of marine habitat maps for the north west Tasmanian coastline from West Head to Robbins Passage. These results contribute to the knowledge and database of SeaMap Tasmania, providi…

Environmental assessment of potential marine farming areas in Macquarie Harbour Tasmania Open

VL Lucieer, C MacLeod, AJ Pender, D.J. Ross · 2022

An environmental assessment of nine areas in Macquarie Harbour in which marine farming zones may be located was conducted between the 17th and 21st of January 2011. The environmental assessment covered an area of approximately 2533.61 ha f…

Extended Detection of Shallow Water Gas Seeps From Multibeam Echosounder Water Column Data Open

Amy W. Nau, Ben Scoulding, Rudy Kloser, Yoann Ladroit, VL Lucieer · 2022

Multibeam echosounder water column data provides a three-dimensional image of features between the water surface and the seafloor. Although this swath of acoustic data can be collected over a wide range of angles, most of the data, at leas…

Acoustic Predictors of Active Fluid Expulsion From a Hydrothermal Vent Field, Offshore Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand Open

Erica Spain, Geoffroy Lamarche, VL Lucieer, Sally Watson, Yoann Ladroit , et al. · 2022

Understanding fluid expulsion is key to estimating gas exchange volumes between the seafloor, ocean, and atmosphere; for locating key ecosystems; and geohazard modelling. Locating active seafloor fluid expulsion typically requires acoustic…

Underwater Hyperspectral Imaging (UHI): A Review of Systems and Applications for Proximal Seafloor Ecosystem Studies Open

Juan C. Montes‐Herrera, Emiliano Cimoli, Vonda J. Cummings, Nicole Hill, Arko Lucieer , et al. · 2021

Marine ecosystem monitoring requires observations of its attributes at different spatial and temporal scales that traditional sampling methods (e.g., RGB imaging, sediment cores) struggle to efficiently provide. Proximal optical sensing me…

Mapping the in situ microspatial distribution of ice algal biomass through hyperspectral imaging of sea-ice cores Open

Emiliano Cimoli, VL Lucieer, Klaus M Meiners, Arjun Chennu, Katerina Castrisios , et al. · 2020

Multi-decadal decline in cover of giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera at the southern limit of its Australian range Open

CL Butler, VL Lucieer, Simon Wotherspoon, Craig R. Johnson · 2020

Knowledge of long-term and multi-scale trends in ecological systems is a vital component in understanding their dynamics. We used Landsat satellite imagery to develop the first long-term (1986-2015) data set describing the cover of dense s…

Shallow Seafloor Gas emissions Near Heard and McDonald Islands on the Kerguelen Plateau, Southern Indian Ocean Open

Erica Spain, Sean Johnson, Briony Hutton, Joanne M. Whittaker, VL Lucieer , et al. · 2019

Bubble emission mechanisms from submerged large igneous provinces remains enigmatic. The Kerguelen Plateau, a large igneous province in the southern Indian Ocean, has a long sustained history of active volcanism and glacial/interglacial cy…

An Under-Ice Hyperspectral and RGB Imaging System to Capture Fine-Scale Biophysical Properties of Sea Ice Open

Emiliano Cimoli, Klaus M Meiners, Arko Lucieer, VL Lucieer · 2019

Sea-ice biophysical properties are characterized by high spatio-temporal variability ranging from the meso- to the millimeter scale. Ice coring is a common yet coarse point sampling technique that struggles to capture such variability in a…

Gas Bubble Forensics Team Surveils the New Zealand Ocean Open

Geoffroy Lamarche, Yves Le Gonidec, VL Lucieer, Yoann Ladroit, Thomas C. Weber , et al. · 2019

An international research group recorded the acoustic signatures of gas bubbles rising from a hydrothermal vent field to gather clues about greenhouse gases escaping into the atmosphere.

A seafloor habitat map for the Australian continental shelf Open

VL Lucieer, NS Barrett, Claire Butler, Emma Flukes, Daniel Ierodiaconou , et al. · 2019

Exploring Spatial Heterogeneity of Antarctic Sea Ice Algae Using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Mounted Irradiance Sensor Open

Alexander L. Forrest, Lars Chresten Lund-Hansen, Brian K. Sorrell, Isak Bowden-Floyd, VL Lucieer , et al. · 2019

Sea ice algae represent a key energy source for many organisms in polar food webs, butestimating their biomass at ecologically appropriate spatiotemporal scales remains achallenge. Attempts to extend ice-core derived biomass to broader sca…

Marine Geomorphometry Open

VL Lucieer, Margaret F.J. Dolan, Vincent Lecours · 2019

Geomorphometry is the science of quantitative terrain characterization and analysis, and has traditionally focused on the investigation of terrestrial and planetary landscapes. However, applications of marine geomorphometry have now moved …

A Suite of Field Manuals for Marine Sampling to Monitor Australian Waters Open

Rachel Przeslawski, Scott D. Foster, Jacquomo Monk, NS Barrett, Phil J. Bouchet , et al. · 2019

One of the main challenges in assessing marine biodiversity is the lack of consistent approaches to monitor it. This threatens to undermine ocean best practice in marine monitoring, as it impedes a reduction in the bias and variance of sam…

Making the First National Seafloor Habitat Map Open

VL Lucieer, Craig Johnson, NS Barrett · 2019

Seamap Australia integrates seafloor maps with information on plant and animal habitats, environmental stressors, and resource management to create a first-of-its-kind resource.

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