Land-cover change in upper Barataria Basin estuary, Louisiana, 1972-1992: Increases in wetland area

Environmental Management

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 716-727

  Nelson, Stacy A C ^a   Soranno, Patricia A ^a   Qi, Jiaguo ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barataria Basin, Louisiana; Land cover change; Land subsidence; Landsat MSS; Remote sensing; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; IMAGE PROCESSING; WETLANDS;

LAND COVER;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; REMOTE SENSING; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ESTUARY; FOREST; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAND BIOME; MARSH; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WETLAND; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; TREE; WATER FLOW;

UNITED STATES;

WATER;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LOUISIANA; TREES; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0036579557     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-001-0060-9     Document Type: Article

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