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Equipment
Sonar imaging of the seabed: Side Scan Sonar
Side scan sonar can be used to map out underwater structures such as mussel banks.
These sonar images provide a very detailed picture of the seabed.
Wageningen Marine Research can use these images to determine the area of the permanently submerged (sublitoral) parts of mussel banks.