Gerard Summers- Doctor of Marine Geoscience
- Postdoctoral Researcher at University College Cork
Gerard Summers
- Doctor of Marine Geoscience
- Postdoctoral Researcher at University College Cork
Post doctoral researcher investigating blue carbon habitats.
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Introduction
I am a postdoctoral researcher working on novel monitoring techniques for blue carbon habitats.
Current institution
Education
October 2018 - February 2023
September 2016 - September 2017
September 2011 - May 2015
University College Cork
Field of study
- Geology
Publications
Publications (7)
Multibeam backscatter has proven to be a useful tool in deciphering seabed sediments. While traditional image-based backscatter processing methods are commonly used, signal-based approaches such as Angular Range Analysis (ARA) offer a robust sediment-characterisation, albeit with a relatively low spatial-resolution. Thus, this research aims to impr...
Ocean biodiversity loss is being driven by several anthropogenic threats and significant efforts are required to halt losses and promote healthy marine ecosystems. The establishment of a network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) can help restrict damaging activities and have been recognised as a potential solution to aid marine conservation. When ma...
Lithic sedimentary benthic habitats are often organised by the overlying hydrodynamic regime, generating seabed sedimentary bedforms (SSBs) whose morphology and sediment composition are controlled by the current flow properties including speed, direction, and duration. Furthermore, SSBs can manifest at a variety of spatial scales reflecting differe...
Increasing anthropogenic pressures on marine ecosystems due to the reliance on marine resources and the intense development of the marine realm within the last 10 years has threatened the effective functioning of many unique and fragile marine habitats. These environmental stresses warrant effective monitoring and management practices to ensure the...
Seabed sedimentary bedforms (SSBs) are strong indicators of current flow (direction and velocity) and can be mapped in high resolution using multibeam echosounders. Many approaches have been designed to automate the classification of such SSBs imaged in multibeam echosounder data. However, these classification systems only apply a geomorphological...
National mapping programs (e.g., INFOMAR and MAREANO) and global efforts (Seabed 2030) acquire large volumes of multibeam echosounder data to map large areas of the seafloor. Developing an objective, automated and repeatable approach to extract meaningful information from such vast quantities of data is now essential. Many automated or semi-automat...
