Inventory of the Maldives' coral reefs using morphometrics generated from Landsat ETM+ imagery

Coral Reefs

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 161-168

  Naseer, Abdulla ^a,b   Hatcher, Bruce G ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Marine Research Center   (Maldives)

Author keywords

Coral reef area; Geographic information system; Maldives; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; GIS; LANDSAT; MORPHOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MALDIVES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 2442479795     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-003-0366-6     Document Type: Article

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