Rapid seafloor mapping of the northern Galapagos Islands, Darwin and Wolf

• Main Authors: Peñaherrera-Palma, César, Harpp, Karen, Banks, Stuart
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Oceanography; Darwin Island; Wolf Island; bathymetry; Triangular Irregular Network; spatial analysis; mapping; Galapagos
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/36348

Darwin and Wolf are the most remote of the Galapagos islands and are famous for their remarkable pelagic and benthic marine species abundance and diversity. However, little is known about their surrounding bathymetry. Rapid surveys were carried out in 2008 and 2009 to collect geo-referenced depth so...