Geospatial habitat change analysis in Pacific Northwest Coastal estuaries

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1104-1116

  Borde, Amy B ^a   Thom, Ronald M ^a   Rumrill, Steven ^b   Miller, Lee M ^a  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HISTORICAL RECORD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC COAST; UNITED STATES;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0142038849     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02803367     Document Type: Article

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