New mangrove ecosystem data along the UAE coast using remote sensing

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-319

  Al Habshi, A ^a   Youssef, T ^b   Aizpuru, M ^c   Blasco, F ^c  

^a ADCO   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Arabian Gulf; Ground verification; Mangrove

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 34548819368     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980701512525     Document Type: Conference Paper

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