Underwater video as a monitoring tool to detect change in seagrass cover

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 148-155

  McDonald, Justin I ^a   Coupland, Grey T ^a   Kendrick, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Monitoring; Seagrass; Video photography

Indexed keywords

MONITORING; SEAGRASS; UNDERWATER CAMERA; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MANAGER; PHOTOGRAPHY; POWER ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SEAGRASS; VIDEORECORDING;

AMPHIBOLIS ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33646812583     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.08.021     Document Type: Article

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