August 2008 Issue

OCEAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
& COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT
Volume 49, No. 8

COVER
Gorgonian corals such as Icilogorgia schrammi produce interesting natural products which are being investigated for their ability to treat a variety of medical conditions, including cancer, malaria, wounds and arthritis. (Photo courtesy of Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute.)

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Feature Articles

INTEGRATING CHARTING AND ACOUSTIC HABITAT RESEARCH
Lt. Jay Lomnicky and Dr. Robert McConnaughey (NOAA) review the collaboration of NOAA hydrographers and fishery bilogists on multi-mission projects in Alaska.

INNOVATIONS IN OPTICS FOR COASTAL AND OPEN-OCEAN MOORING APPLICATIONS
Dr. Grace Chang, Francesco Nencioli (University of California, Santa Barbara) and Dr. Makio Honda (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology) discuss optical sensors for research and long-term monitoring of the underwater environment.

A LOCAL OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY MODEL
Maitane Olabarrieta, Sonia Castanedo and Ángel David Gutiérrez Barceló (University of Cantabria) explain procedures to establish a local operational oceanography model and its application off the Cantabrian coast of Spain.

OCEANS '08 MTS/IEEE QUEBEC CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION
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ACOUSTIC DETECTION OF DEEP CORAL MOUNDS
Dr. Claudio Lo Iacono, Dr. Eulàlia Gràcia and Dr. Juan José Dañobeitia (Spanish National Research Council) describe how high-resolution acoustic technologies unveil the presence of deep-sea coral mounds in the Alboran Sea in the Western Mediterranean.

OPTIMAL POSITIONING OF PSEUDOLITES AUGMENTED WITH GPS
Dr. M. Halis Saka (Gebze Institute of Technology) tells of finding an optimum location for a fixed pseudolite in support of GPS navigation in poor visibility conditions.

NEW SHALLOW-WATER RETRACTABLE BUOY TECHNOLOGY
Carl K. Wainman (Institute for Maritime Technology) outlines the design of a retractable buoy for shallow-water ocean monitoring, research and surveillance.

A MESH-BASED SENSORS DEPLOYMENT METHOD FOR WATER QUALITY MONITORING
Nadjib Ait Saadi (University of Paris VI), Nadjib Achir and Khaled Boussetta (Institut Galilée, University of Paris XIII) illustrate a mesh-based method for differentiated deployment of underwater wireless sensor networks.

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