This project will collect baseline data on seabed habitats in an aquaculture area of interest in the Gulf of Mexico. The project will utilize autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to collect various data, including multibeam bathymetry, backscatter maps, sidescan sonar mosaics, sub-bottom profiler data, and magnetometer data. The collected data will be processed and delivered in various formats.
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