A benthic terrain classification scheme for American Samoa

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-111

  Lundblad, Emily R ^a,b   Wright, Dawn J ^a   Miller, Joyce ^b   Larkin, Emily M ^a,c   Rinehart, Ronald ^a   Naar, David F ^d   Donahue, Brian T ^d   Anderson, S Miles ^e   Battista, Tim ^f  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Analytical Laboratories of Hawaii   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Samoa; Bathymetry; Benthic habitat; Corals; Marine GIS; Terrain analysis

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CORAL REEF; GIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TERRAIN;

AMERICAN SAMOA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33745076781     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490410600738021     Document Type: Article

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