Quantifying temporal change in seagrass areal coverage: The use of GIS and low resolution aerial photography

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 259-267

  Robbins, Bradley D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; GIS; Seagrass; Tampa Bay

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AREAL COVER; GIS; SEAGRASS BED; SEAGRASS MEADOWS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER;

USA, FLORIDA, TAMPA BAY;

EID: 0031464047     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(97)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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