Buchet, V., Panagiotou, M., Drakulic, M., Ribeiro De Moraes, K., Miliou, A., van den Berg, J., Cox, C. Testing and Evaluating the Efficiency of Low-cost Methods in Seagrass Mapping. CIESM 2016.

Abstract:

The health and conservation of seagrass is irrefutably of great importance to the health of marine biodiversity. Its distribution is in a steady decline and there is a lack of studies and gaps which exist in cheap, easy and effective methods. Therefore, we aim to test and evaluate the efficiency of kayak-based surveys on the distribution of Posidonia oceanica. In conclusion, the most sufficient method to map the seagrass is to use a Go-Pro and Lowrance Elite-4 sonar on a two-person kayak.