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A Shallow Water Ferrous-Hulled Shipwreck Reveals a Distinct Microbial Community

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Shipwrecks act as artificial reefs and provide a solid surface in aquatic systems for many different forms of life to attach to, especially microbial communities, making them a hotspot of biogeochemical cycling.
Cody E Garrison, Nathan Richards, Erin K Field   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Active Learning for Recognition of Shipwreck Target in Side-Scan Sonar Image

Remote Sensing, 2019
In order to realize the automatic and accurate recognition of shipwreck targets in side-scan sonar (SSS) waterfall images, a pipeline that contains feature extraction, selection, and shipwreck recognition, an AdaBoost model was constructed by sample ...
Bangyan Zhu, Xiao Wang
exaly   +4 more sources

Shipwreck ecology: Understanding the function and processes from microbes to megafauna. [PDF]

Bioscience, 2023
An estimated three million shipwrecks exist worldwide and are recognized as cultural resources and foci of archaeological investigations. Shipwrecks also support ecological resources by providing underwater habitats that can be colonized by diverse ...
Paxton AB, McGonigle C, Damour M, Holly G, Caporaso A, Campbell PB, Meyer-Kaiser KS, Hamdan LJ, Mires CH, Taylor JC.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Shipwreck Target Recognition in Side-Scan Sonar Images by Improved YOLOv3 Model Based on Transfer Learning

IEEE Access, 2020
When used to recognize side-scan sonar images of shipwreck targets, the Faster R-CNN model is time-consuming and has low efficiency and a high missed detection rate for small targets.
Tang Yulin, Gang Bian
exaly   +2 more sources

Novel wreck salvaging method using curved rectangular pipe basing method: A case study of “Yangtze River Estuary II” ancient shipwreck salvage project

Underground Space (China)
Shipwreck salvage is a risky, time-consuming, and expensive process. Although there are many sunken ships along coastlines and in the open seas, the salvage process of a sunken ship has rarely been reported.
Xin Huang, Weihao Yuan, Deng Li
exaly   +3 more sources

Deep-Sea Biofilms, Historic Shipwreck Preservation and the Deepwater Horizon Spill

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
Exposure to oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill may have lasting impacts on preservation of historic shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico. Submerged steel structures, including shipwrecks, serve as artificial reefs and become hotspots of biodiversity in the
Rachel L. Mugge, Melissa L. Brock, Jennifer L. Salerno, Melanie Damour, Robert A. Church, Jason S. Lee, Leila J. Hamdan   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Evaluation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Pollution From the HMS Royal Oak Shipwreck and Effects on Sediment Microbial Community Structure

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Despite many shipwrecks containing oil there is a paucity of studies investigating their impact on surrounding environments. This study evaluates any potential effect the World War II shipwreck HMS Royal Oak is having on surrounding benthic sediments in ...
Gareth E. Thomas, Stefan G. Bolam, Jan L. Brant, Rodney Brash, Freya Goodsir, Clare Hynes, Terry J. McGenity, Paul S. O. McIlwaine, Boyd A. McKew   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Analyses of Sulfur and Iron in Waterlogged Archaeological Wood: The Case of Polyethylene-Glycol-Treated Yenikapı 12 Shipwreck

Forests, 2023
The Yenikapı (YK) 12 shipwreck is 1 of 37 shipwrecks found at Yenikapı, Istanbul. This merchantman has been dated to AD 672–876 by radiocarbon analyses.
A. Kılıç, Namık Kılıç, D. Arnold
semanticscholar   +1 more source

“On My Head I Placed a Crown of Most Exquisite Make”: Shipwreck, Maroonage, and the Colonial Aesthetic Power in “The Female American”

Iperstoria, 2022
Drawing from the long history in scholarly research about shipwreck narratives and the colonial times, this article offers some reflections on the different types of shipwreck stories, in order to then focus on the novel The Female American, anonymously ...
Sonia Di Loreto
doaj   +1 more source

Identification of Black Reef Shipwreck Sites Using AI and Satellite Multispectral Imagery

Remote Sensing, 2023
UNESCO estimates that our planet’s oceans and lakes are home to more than three million shipwrecks. Of these three million, the locations of only 10% are currently known.
A. Karamitrou, Fraser Sturt, P. Bogiatzis   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source