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Although visible bands of high-resolution multispectral imagery are used for bathymetry, the relative utility of different bands is poorly understood. Therefore, we evaluated the relative utility of the six visible bands of WorldView-2. We statistically selected the visible bands that gave the best accuracy under different situations, tallying how often each band was included in the best combination. The average frequency was greater than 50% for every band and differed between bands by only 17%. We conclude that all visible bands are useful for remote sensing of water depth, although the utility depends on the image and number of training pixels available.     

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Jane's Ocean Technology 1974–75 by Robert L. Trillo (Editor). Jane's Yearbooks, London, England (in North America, Franklin Watts, Inc., New York), 1974. 344 pp. £12.50 ($55.00).

The Ocean Basins and Margins—Volume 2: The North Atlantic by A. E. M. Nairn and F. G. Stehli (Editors). Plenum Publishing, New York, 1974. 598 pp. $38.00.     

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Introduction to Marine Chemistry, by J. P. Riley and R. Chester. Academic, London, 1971. 465 pp. £6.00.     

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R. H. Bennett, W. R. Bryant, and M. H. Hulbert, Eds. 1991. Microstructure ofFine‐Grained Sediments—from Shale to Mud. New York: Springer‐Verlag. 582 pp. $98.00.     

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Ocean Floor Mining by John S. Pearson. Noyes Data Corporation, Park Ridge, New Jersey, 1975. 201 pp., $24.00.

Offshore Drilling Technology by Frank R. Carmichael. Noyes Data Corporation, Park Ridge, New Jersey, 1975. 392 pp., $36.00.     

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“Fertility of the Sea”. J. D. Costlow (Ed.). 1971. 2 Volumes (Vol. 1, 320 pp.; Vol. 2, 326 pp.) Gordon & Breach, Science Publishers, 12 Bloomsbury Way, London. £14.60 the set.     

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Marion and Prince Edward Islands. Report on the South African Biological and Geological Expedition 1965–1966. Edited by E. M. van Zinderen Bakker, J. M. Winterbottom and R. A. Dyer. Balkema, Cape Town. $25.33.     

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Metal contamination in aquatic environments: science and lateral management. By Samuel N. Luoma and Philip S. Rainbow. Published in 2008 by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (www.cambridge.org). 573 p, hardcover. ISBN 978–0‐521–86057–4. Price au$200.00.     

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Proceedings of the Symposium on Tide Recording, edited by R. Britton. (The Hydrographic Society Special Publication No. 4, The Hydrographic Society at North East London Polytechnic, Dept. of Land Surveying, London, U.K.) 203 pp., paper cover.     

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Geotechnical Aspects of Coastal and Offshore Structures. Edited by Yudhair and A. S. Balasubramaniam. Proceedings of the Symposium on Geotechnical Aspects of Coastal and Offshore Structures, Bangkok, December 14–18,1981. Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema, 1983. 280 pp. $40.00.

The Seaside Naturalist: A Guide to Nature Study at the Seashore. Written and illustrated by D. A. Coulombe. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice‐Hall, Inc., 1984. 246 pp. $12.95.

Ichnology, Trace Fossils in Sedimentology and Stratigraphy. By A. A. Ekdale, R. G. Bromley, and S. G. Pemberton. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Short Course No. 15. Tulsa, Okla.: S.E.P.M., 1984. 317 pp. S.E.P.M. members, $16.00; non‐members, $20.00.     

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The behavior and natural history of the Caribbean reef squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea. By Martin Moynihan and Arcadio F. Rodaniche, 1982. Advances in Ethology, No. 25. Berlin and Hamburg, Verlag Paul Parey. 150 p., 42 figures, 9 tables. ISBN 3 ‐ 489 ‐ 61936 ‐ 6 (soft cover). Price DM 48, approximately US$21.60.     

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Sea Surveying, edited by Alan Ingham (London: John Wiley & Sons, 1975), 2 volumes, 306 and 233 pp., hardcover, $49.50.     

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The Control of the Sea‐bed: A New International Issue by Evan Luard. Taplinger Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1974. 309 pp. $14.95.     

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Offshore Soil Mechanics edited by Philip George and David Wood. Cambridge University Engineering Department and Lloyd's Register of Shipping, London, 1976. 468 pp. £7.50 + shipping.

Beach Processes and Sedimentation by Paul D. Komar. Prentice‐Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1976. 429 pp., $26.95.