Estimating leaf area index of mangroves from satellite data

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-19

  Green, Edmund P ^a   Mumby, Peter J ^b   Edwards, Alaisdair J ^a   Clark, Chris D ^b   Ellis, Angie C ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal management; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; SEASHORE; TELECOMMUNICATION; VEGETATION;

EID: 0030931444     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(97)00013-2     Document Type: Article

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