Baseline and monitoring methods for seagrass meadows

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-201

  Kirkman, Hugh ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Productivity; Remote sensing; Seagrass; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AUSTRALIA; BASELINE METHODS; COASTAL WATERS; ESTUARINE WATERS; GOVERNMENT IS; HUMAN POPULATION; MONITORING METHODS; REMOTE-SENSING; SEAGRASS MEADOWS; SEAGRASSES;

REMOTE SENSING;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARY; GOVERNMENT; GRASS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PRODUCTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SEASHORE;

HALOPHILA;

AERIAL SURVEY; BIOMASS; HABITAT; MONITORING; MONITORING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030153462     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1996.0045     Document Type: Article

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