Towards the development of environmental indices for the Namibian shelf, with particular reference to fisheries management

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-35

  Bartholomae, C H ^a   Van Der Plas, A K ^a  

^a National Marine Information and Research Centre   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Dissolved oxygen; Environmental index development; Namibia; Remote sensing; SST; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FISHERIES; OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOINDICATOR; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INDEX METHOD; MARINE RECORD; MARINE RESOURCE; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NAMIBIAN MARGIN;

EID: 34250170504     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJMS.2007.29.1.2.67     Document Type: Article

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