Coral reefs of the Mascarenes, Western Indian Ocean

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1826, 2005, Pages 229-250

  Turner, John ^a   Klaus, Rebecca ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; GIS; Habitat mapping; Marine protected areas; Mascarenes; Satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244283399     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2004.1489     Document Type: Article

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