National program for mapping biodiversity-coast
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Goal: Mapping marine habitats/key areas along the Norwegian coast, including kelp forests, seagrass meadows, soft sediments in the litoral zone, carbonate sand deposits, ice marginal deposits, oyster areas, scallop populations and spawning areas for fish
Methods: Spatial Ecology, Spatial Analysis, Image Analysis, Species Distribution Modeling, Field Observations, Predictive Modeling, Photo-identification, Field Mapping, Field Sampling, GIS, Geographical Information Systems