Remote-sensing of benthic chlorophyll: Should ground-truth data be expressed in units of area or mass?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 316, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-77

  Murphy, R J ^a   Tolhurst, T J ^a   Chapman, M G ^a   Underwood, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic; Bulk density; Chlorophyll; Reflectance; Remote sensing; Sediment grain size

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BULK DENSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; GRAIN SIZE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 13844254056     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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