Seagrass as pasture for seacows: Landscape-level dugong habitat evaluation

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 117-132

  Sheppard, James K ^a,b   Lawler, Ivan R ^a,b   Marsh, Helene ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CRC Reef Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

dugong; GIS; habitat; nutritional ecology; patchiness; seagrass

Indexed keywords

GIS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MARINE MAMMAL; NEAR INFRARED; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PASTURE; SATELLITE; SEAGRASS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HERVEY BAY; QUEENSLAND;

HALODULE PINIFOLIA; HALODULE UNINERVIS; HALOPHILA OVALIS; HALOPHILA SPINULOSA; ZOSTERA CAPRICORNI;

EID: 33845593995     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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