Long-term Change in Eelgrass Distribution at Bahía San Quintín, Baja California, Mexico, using Satellite Imagery

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1529-1539

  Ward, David H ^a   Morton, Alexandra ^b   Tibbitts, T Lee ^a   Douglas, David C ^a   Carrera González, Eduardo ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Ducks Unlimited Incorporated   (United States)

^c Ducks Unlimited de Mexico   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BAJA CALIFORNIA NORTE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SAN QUINTIN BAY;

OSTREIDAE; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0842287704     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803661     Document Type: Article

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