The application of GIS in analyzing acoustical and multidimensional data related to artificial reefs ground

Abstract

This study is for the multi-dimensional analysis of diverse data sets for artificial reefs off the coast ofShimonoseki , Yamaguchi prefecture , Japan . Various data sets recorded in artificial reefs ground wereintegrated in new GIS software : to reveal the relationships between water temperature and fish schools ; tovisualize the quantitative connection between the reefs and the fish schools ; and to compare the seabed typesderived from two different data sources . The results obtained suggest that the application of GIS inanalyzing multi -dimensional data is a better way to understand the characteristics of fish schools andenvironmental information around artificial reefs and particularly in the evaluation of the effectiveness ofartificial reefs .Keywords: Artificial reef , GIS , Multi-dimensional analysis , Three -dimensional visualization