Mapping changes in submerged aquatic vegetation using Landsat imagery and benthic habitat data: Coral reef ecosystem monitoring in Vieques Sound between 1985 and 2000

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 375-388

  Shapiro, Aurélie C ^a   Rohmann, Steven O ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CORAL REEF; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MACROALGA; PATCHINESS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO; VIEQUES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33750508132     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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