Publications
2026
97. Gini, C., Jamieson, J., Brown, C.J., Caroll, B., Charron, R., Shea, D., Robert, K. (2026) Interferometric synthetic aperture sonar for high-resolution seafloor mapping and imaging in contrasting geomorphological and benthic settings. Journal of Applied Geophysics. 106087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2025.106087..
96. Schulten, I., Maselli, V., King, E.L., Schmidt, M., Hensen, C., Müller, T., Asioli, A., Micallef, A., Berndt, C., Brown, C.J., Córdoba-Ramírez, F., Elger, J., Hölz, S., Kotliarov, A., Kurylyk, B., Yu, S., Nedimovic, M. (2026). Post-LGM sedimentation history and deglaciation processes in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. Quaternary Science Reviews. 372, 109715, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109715..
2025
95. Hebert, N.E., Sameoto, J.A., Keith, D.M., Murphy, O.A., Brown, C.J., Mills Flemming, J. (2025). Interannual variability in the length–weight relationship can disrupt the abundance–biomass correlation of sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus). ICES Journal of Marine Science. 82 (10): fsaf188. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaf188.
94. Sameoto, J.A., Brown, C.J., Keith, D.M., McGonigle, C. (2025). Accuracy of calculated speeds from Vessel Monitoring System data: considerations for fisheries management. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. vqaf096, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1093/najfmt/vqaf096.
93. Sajtovich, S., Tsao, J., Kirchoff, S., Brown, C.J. (2025). Development and Application of BRUVS-Lite: A Stereo-BRUV System with Integrated Lighting for Benthic Marine Monitoring in Northern Latitudes. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.70142.
91. Jamieson, J.W., Gini, C., Brown, C.J., Robert, K. (2025). Interferometric synthetic aperture sonar: A new tool for seafloor characterization. Oceanography. 38 (1). 86-88. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27374575.
90. Lowe, S.C., Misiuk, B., Xu, I., Abdulazizov, S., Baroi, A.R., Bastos, A.C., Best, M., Ferrini, V., Friedman, A., Hart, D., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Ierodiaconou, D., Mackin-McLaughlin, J., Markey, k., Menandro, P.S., Monk, J., Nemani, S., O’Brien, J., Oh, E., Reshitnyk, L.Y., Robert, K., Roelfsema, C.M., Sameoto, J.A., Schimel, A.C.G., Thomson, J.A., Wilson, B.R., Wong, M.C., Brown, C.J., Trappenberg, T. (2025). BenthicNet: A global compilation of seafloor images for deep learning applications. Scientific Data 12, 230. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04491-1.
89. Menandro, P., Misiuk, B., Schneider von Deimling, J., Bastos, A., Brown, C.J. (2025). Multifrequency seafloor acoustic backscatter as a tool for improved biological and geological assessments – updating knowledge, prospects, and challenges. Frontiers in Remote Sensing. 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2025.1546280.
2024
88. Menandro, P., Viera, F., Bastos, A.C., Brown, C.J. (2024). Exploring the multispectral acoustic response of reef habitats. Frontiers in Remote Sensing. 5:1490741. https://doi:10.3389/frsen.2024.1490741.
87. Cutcliffe, S., Misiuk, B., Porskamp, P., Robert, K., Murillo, F.J., Brown, C.J. (2024). Benthic habitat mapping of the glass sponge (Vazella pourtalesii), and associated community composition on Sambro Bank, Scotian Shelf, Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2023-0378.
86. Brenan, C., Kienast, M., Maselli, V., Algar, C.K., Misiuk, B., Brown, C.J. (2024). Seafloor sediment characterization improves estimates of organic carbon standing stocks: an example from the Eastern Shore Islands, Nova Scotia, Canada. Biogeosciences 21 (20), 4569-4586. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-4569-2024.
85. Xu, I., Misiuk, B., Lowe, S.C., Gillis, M., Trappenberg, T., Brown, C.J. (2024). Hierarchical Multi-Label Classification with Missing Information for Benthic Habitat Imagery. International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), Yokohama, Japan, 2024, pp. 1-10. https://doi:10.1109/IJCNN60899.2024.10650176..
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84. Misiuk, B., Tan, Y.L., Li, M.Z., Trappenberg, T., Alleosfour, A., Church, I.W., Ferrini, V., Brown, C.J. (2024). Multivariate mapping of seabed grain size parameters in the Bay of Fundy using convolutional neural networks. Direct Science, Marine Geology. 472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107299.
83. Hebert, N.E., Sameoto, J.A., Keith, D.M., Barrett, M.A., Brown, C.J., Mills Flemming, J. (2024). Comparing spatiotemporal species distribution models: A case study of a Scotian Shelf sea cucumber (Cucumaria frondosa). Ecosphere. 15 (4).https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4822.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4822.
82. Sklar, E., Bushuev, E., Misiuk, B., Labbé-Morissette, G., Brown, C.J. (2024). Seafloor morphology and substrate mapping in the Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada, using machine learning approaches. Frontiers in Marine Science. 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1306396.
81. Misiuk, B., Brown, C.J. (2024). Benthic habitat mapping: A review of three decades of mapping biological patterns on the seafloor. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. Volume 296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108599.
2023
80. Menandro, P.S., Misiuk, B., Brown, C.J., Bastos, A.C. (2023). Multispectral multibeam backscatter response of heterogeneous rhodolith beds. Scientific Reports 13 (1). 20220. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46240-7.
79. Fulton, L., McIntyre, J., Duncan, K., Smith, A., Walker, T.R., Brown, C.J. (2023). Evaluating the use of side scan sonar for improved detection and targeted retrieval of abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear. Continental Shelf Research. 265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2023.105077.
78. Goes, E.R., Mallmann, D.L.B., Brown, C.J., Maida, M., Ferreira, B.P., Araújo T.C.M. (2023). A sensitivity seafloor index to oil spills response plans in tropical marine protected areas. Continental Shelf Research. 266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2023.10506978.
77. Misiuk, B., Brown, C.J. (2023). Improved prediction and validation of bagging models with spatially clustered sample data. Ecological Informatics. 77. https://doi:org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102181.
76. Haar, C.D., Misiuk, B., Gazzola, V., Wells, M. Brown, C.J. (2023) Harmonizing multi-source backscatter data to generate regional seabed maps: Bay of Fundy, Canada. Journal of Maps. 19 (1). https://doi.org.10.1080/17445647.2023.2223629.
75. McIntyre, J., Duncan, K., Fulton, L., Smith, A., Goodman, A.J., Brown, C.J., Walker, T.R. (2023) Environmental and economic impacts of retrieved abandoned, lost, and discarded fishing gear in Southwest Nova Scotia, Canada. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115013.
74. Bianchi, T.S., Brown, C.J., Snelgrove, P.V.R., Stanley, R., Cote, D., Morris, C. (2023). Benthic Invertebrates on the Move: A Tale of Ocean Warming and Sediment Carbon Storage. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin. https://doi/10.1002/lob.10544.
2022
73. Giroux, C., Grant, J., Brown, C.J., Barrell, J. (2022), Remote sensing of river habitat for salmon restoration. Frontiers in Remote Sensing. 3:993575. https://doi.org:10.3389/frsen.2022.993575.
72. Porskamp, P, Young, M.A., Rattray, A., Brown, C.J., Che Hasan R., Ierodiaconou, D. (2022). Integrating angular backscatter response analysis derivatives into a hierarchical classification for habitat mapping. Frontiers in Remote Sensing. 3:903133. https://doi.org:10.3389/frsen.2022.903133.
71. Menandro, P.S., Bastos, A.C., Misiuk, B., Brown, C.J. (2022). Applying a multi-method framework to analyze the multispectral acoustic response of the seafloor. Frontiers in Remote Sensing. 3:860282. https://doi.org:10.3389/frsen.2022.860282.
70. Misiuk, B., Brown, CJ. (2022). Multiple imputation of multibeam angular response data for high resolution full coverage seabed mapping. Marine Geophysical Research. 43(7). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11001-022-09471-3.
69. Pijanowski, B.C, Brown C.J. (2022). Grand Challenges in Acoustic Remote Sensing: Discoveries to Support a Better Understanding of Our Changing Planet. Frontiers in Remote Sensing. 2:824848. https://doi.org:10.3389/frsen.2021.824848.
2021
68. Goodman, A.J., McIntyre, J., Smith, A., Fulton, L., Walker, T.R., Brown, C.J. (2021). Retrieval of abandoned, lost, and discarded fishing gear in Southwest Nova Scotia, Canada: Preliminary environmental and economic impacts to the commercial lobster industry. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 171. https://doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112766.
65. Bianchi, T.S., Aller, R.C., Atwood, T.B., Brown, C.J., Buatois, L.A., Levin, L.A., Levinton, J.S., Middelburg, J.J., Morrison, E.S., Regnier, P., Shields, M.R., Snelgrove, P.V., Sotka, E.E., Stanley, R.R. (2021). What global biogeochemical consequences will marine animal–sediment interactions have during climate change? Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 9: 1.https://doi:10.1525/elementa.2020.00180.
64. Misiuk, B., Lacharité, M., Brown, C.J. (2021). Assessing the use of harmonized multisource backscatter data for thematic benthic habitat mapping. Science of Remote Sensing. 3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srs.2021.100015.
63. Pittman, S.J., Yates, K.L., Bouchet, P.J., Alvarez-Berastegui, D., Andréfouët, S., Bell, S.S., Berkström, C., Boström, C., Brown, C.J., Connolly, R.M., Devillers, R., Eggleston, D., Gilby, B.L., Gullström, M., Halpern, B.S., Hidalgo, M., Holstein, D., Hovel, K., Huettmann, F., Jackson, E.L., James, W.R., Kellner, J., Kot, C.Y., Lecours, V. Lepczyk, C., Nagelkerken, I., Nelson, J., Olds, A.D., Santos, R.O., Scales, K.L., Schneider, D.C., Schilling, H.T., Simenstad, C.I., Suthers, M., Treml, E.A., Wedding, L.M., Yates, P., Young, M. (2021). Seascape ecology: Identifying research priorities for an emerging ocean sustainability science. Marine Ecology Progress Series. https://doi.org:10.3354/meps13661.
62. Wilson, B.R., Brown, C.J., Sameoto, J.A., Lacharité, M., Redden, A., Gazzola, V. (2021). Mapping seafloor habitats in the Bay of Fundy to assess megafaunal assemblages associated with Modiolus modiolus beds. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. https://doi:10.1016/ j.ecss.2021.107294.
2020
61. Misiuk, B., Brown, C.J., Robert, K., Lacharite, M. (2020). Harmonizing multi-source sonar backscatter datasets for seabed mapping using bulk shift approaches. Remote Sensing. 12(4): 601. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12040601.
60. Schimel, A.C.G., Brown, C.J. Ierodiaconou, D. (2020). Automated filtering of multibeam water-column data to detect relative abundance of Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera). Remote Sensing. 12(9):1371. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12091371.
59. Goodman, A.J., Walker, T.R., Brown, C.J., Wilson, B.R., Gazzola, V., Sameoto, J.A. (2020). Benthic marine debris in the Bay of Fundy, eastern Canada: Spatial distribution and categorization using seafloor video footage. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110722.
58. Proudfoot, B., Devillers, R., Brown, C.J. (2020). Integrating fine-seafloor mapping and landscape connectivity analyses in marine conservation prioritization. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. https://doi.org.ezproxy.library.dal.ca/10.1002/aqc.3360.
57. Proudfoot, B., Devillers, R., Brown, C.J., Edinger, E., Copeland, A. (2020). Seafloor mapping to support conservation planning in an ecologically unique fjord in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Journal of Coastal Conservation. 24(36): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11852-020-00746-8.
55. Brown, C.J., Todd, B.J., Smith, S.J., Sameoto, J. (2020). Chapter 40 - Seafloor geomorphology and benthic habitat of the German Bank glaciated shelf, Atlantic Canada. In: Editor(s): Peter T. Harris, Elaine Baker. Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat (Second Edition), Elsevier, 2020, Pages 675-690. ISBN 9780128149607. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814960-7.00040-3.
54. Lacharité, M., Brown, C.J., Normandeau, A., Todd, B.J. (2020). Chapter 41 - Geomorphic features and benthos in a deepglacial trough in Atlantic Canada. In: Editor(s): Peter T. Harris, Elaine Baker. Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat (Second Edition), Elsevier, 2020, Pages 691-704, ISBN 9780128149607. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814960-7.00041-5.
53. Todd, B.J., Brown, C.J., Curtis, B., Kirchhoff, S., Lacharité, M., Sameoto, J., Church, I. (2020). Chapter 13 - Seabed habitats of the Bay of Fundy, Atlantic Canada. In: Editor(s): Peter T. Harris, Elaine Baker. Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat (Second Edition), Elsevier, 2020, Pages 243-265, ISBN 9780128149607. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814960-7.00013-0.
2019
52. Misiuk, B., Diesing, M., Aitken, A., Brown, C.J., Edinger, E.N., Bell, T. (2019). A spatially-explicit comparison of quantitative and categorical modelling approaches for mapping seabed sediments. Geosciences. 9(6): 254. https://doi:10.3390/geosciences9060254s.
51. Misiuk, B., Bell, T., Aitken, A., Brown, C.J., Edinger, E.N. (2019). Mapping Arctic clam abundance using multiple datasets, models, and a spatially-explicit accuracy assessment. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 76(7): 2349–2361. https://doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsz099.
50. Brown, C.J., Beaudoin, J., Brissette, M., Gazzola, V. (2019). Multispectral multibeam echo sounder backscatter as a tool for improved seafloor characterization. Geosciences. 9(3): 126. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9030126.
49. Goes, E.R., Brown, C.J., Araújo, T.C. (2019). Geomorphological classification of the benthic structures on a tropical continental shelf. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6:47. https://doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00047.
48. Lacharité, M., Brown, C.J. (2019). Utilizing benthic habitat maps to inform biodiversity monitoring in marine protected areas. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 29(6): 938-951. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3074.
2017
46. Smith S.J., Sameoto, J.A., Brown, C.J. (2017). A novel approach to setting biological reference points for sea scallops Placopectin magellanicus that incorporates the spatial distribution of productivity. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 74 (5): 650-667
2015
41. Brown, C.J. (2015). Benthic Habitat Mapping: from backscatter to biology. The Journal of Ocean Technology. 10 (3): 48-61.
2012
2011
33. Van Rein, H., Schoeman, D.S., Brown, C.J., Quinn, R., Breen, J. (2011). Development of benthic monitoring methods using photoquadrats and SCUBA on heterogeneous hard-substrata: a boulder-slope community pilot study. Aquatic Conservation - Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 21 (7): 676-689.
2010
28. Sayer, M.D.J., Brown, C.J. (2010). Block shape, water depth and analysis technique influence the measured profiles of artificial reefs. Underwater Technology 29, 41-48.
2009
25. Callaway, A., Smyth, J., Brown, C.J., Quinn, R., Service, M. (2009). The impact of scour processes on a smothered reef system in the Irish Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 84 (3): 409-418.
24. Van Rein, H, Brown, C.J., Quinn, R., Breen, J. (2009). A review of sublittoral monitoring methods for assessing change in benthic habitats in temperate waters. Underwater Technology. 28 (3): 1-15.
2007
17. Brown, C.J. (2007). Seafloor Imagery Remote Sensing and Bathymetry: Acoustic Ground Discrimination Systems. In: Marine Geology and Benthic Habitat Mapping. Geological Association of Canada Special Publication. (Eds Todd, B. and Greene, G.). pp3-10.
2006
15. Brown, C.J., Harper, C. (2006). Application of Multibeam: Mapping and monitoring of the Loch Linnhe Artificial Reef complex. Sea Technology. 47 (6): 31-36.
2005
14. Roberts, J.M., Brown, C.J., Long, D., Bates, C.R. (2005). Acoustic mapping using multibeam echosounder reveals deep-water coral reefs and surrounding habitats. Coral Reefs. 25: 654-669.
13. Brown, C.J. (2005). Epifaunal colonization of the Loch Linnhe Artificial Reef: Influence of substratum on epifaunal assemblage structure. Biofouling. 21(2): 73-85.
2004
2001
2000
2. Brown, C.J., Eaton, R.A. (2000). Leaching of copper-chrome-arsenic (CCA) wood preservative in seawater. Material und Organismen. 33: 213-233.
1. Brown, C.J., Albuquerque, R.M., Cragg, R.M., Eaton, R.A. (2000). Effects of CCA (Copper-Chrome-Arsenic) preservative treatment of wood on the settlement and recruitment of barnacles and tube building polychaete worms. Biofouling. 15 (1-3): 151-164.