Spatial and temporal changes in salt marsh distribution in the Dee estuary, NW England, determined from aerial photographs

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 483-498

  Huckle, J M ^a   Marrs, R H ^a   Potter, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Colonisation; Dee estuary; Remote sensing; Salt marsh; Spartina anglica; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; COLONIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SALTMARSH; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

DEE ESTUARY; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

SPARTINA ANGLICA;

EID: 14644392270     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-005-5166-z     Document Type: Article

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