Analysis of tidal marsh vegetation patterns in two Georgia estuaries using aerial photography and GIS

Estuaries

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 670-683

  Higinbotham, Carrie B ^a,b   Alber, Merryl ^a   Chalmers, Alice G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b and Jernigan ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ESTUARY; GIS; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; VEGETATION COVER;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

JUNCUS; JUNCUS ROEMERIANUS; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA CYNOSUROIDES; ZIZANIA; ZIZANIA AQUATICA; ZIZANIOPSIS; ZIZANIOPSIS MILIACAE;

EID: 4344627379     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02907652     Document Type: Article

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