Ground truthing sediment profile imagery with traditional benthic survey data along an established disturbance gradient

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 189-203

  O'Reilly, R ^a   Kennedy, R ^a   Patterson, A ^a   Keegan, B F ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ground truthing; Multivariate correlation; Sediment profile imagery

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; PROFILOMETRY; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

GROUND TRUTHING; MULTIVARIATE CORRELATION; SEDIMENT PROFILE IMAGERY;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROBENTHOS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

CONNACHT; CORRIB RIVER; COUNTY GALWAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALWAY BAY; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

RUMEX;

EID: 33748798867     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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