Satellite-based monitoring of tropical seagrass vegetation: Current techniques and future developments

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 591, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-71

  Ferwerda, Jelle G ^a   De Leeuw, Jan ^b   Atzberger, Clement ^c   Vekerdy, Zoltan ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c Impasse René Couzinet   (France)

Author keywords

Early warning system; Radiative transfer modelling; Remote sensing; Seagrass productivity

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EARLY-WARNING SYSTEM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAGRASS PRODUCTIVITY;

VEGETATION;

BIOMONITORING; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; MODELING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAGRASS MEADOW; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 34548188952     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0784-5     Document Type: Review

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