Texture-based image segmentation applied to the quantification of superficial sand in salmonid river gravels

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 121-127

  Carbonneau, Patrice E ^a   Bergeron, Normand E ^a   Lane, Stuart N ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gravel bed rivers; Image processing; Image texture; Sand deposition

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; RIVERS; SAMPLING; SAND; SCANNING; SEDIMENTS;

BULK SAMPLING; DESKTOP SCANNER; RIVER GRAVELS; SALMONID HABITAT;

GRAVEL;

GRAVEL BED STREAM; IMAGE PROCESSING; SAND; TEXTURE;

EID: 13244278281     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1140     Document Type: Article

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