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Petra Rybanska

Robotics and Ocean Mapping Technician

A support scientist specialising in seabed mapping surveys and data acquisition and processing. I am also a part of the team operating a wide variety of marine scientific equipments and robots, including multibeam systems, side scan sonars, ocean gliders, AUVs and ROVs.

Petra.Rybanska@sams.ac.uk

01631 559 321

SAMS Research Outputs

Using drop-down camera approaches to detect derelict fishing gears in Scottish waters CreelMap2 Final Project Report on behalf of NatureScot

Steven Benjamins, Joseph Marlow, John Halpin, Petra Rybanska, Thomas A Wilding

31/3/2026 | Other report | DOI:

An Assessment of Demersal Elasmobranch Occurrence and Associated Habitats Using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)

Jonathon Taylor, John A. Howe, James Thorburn, Clive J. Fox, Christopher McGonigle, Petra Rybanska

10/2/2025 | Article | DOI: 10.1111/maec.70000

Detection and characterisation of derelict creel fleets to evaluate marine megafauna entanglement risk in Scottish waters CreelMap Final Project Report Scottish Marine Environmental Enhancement Fund (SMEEF) projects 502257 / 502492

Steven Benjamins, Clive Fox, Joseph Marlow, John Halpin, Petra Rybanska, John Howe

9/10/2024 | Other report | DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.13098.84166/1

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