Integrating indigenous ecological knowledge and multi-spectral image classification for marine habitat mapping in Oceania

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 495-504

  Lauer, Matthew ^a   Aswani, Shankar ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CONFORMAL MAPPING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARINE BIOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING;

CONSERVATION PROJECTS; DECISION MAKERS;

ECOLOGY;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; HABITAT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHALLOW WATER;

MELANESIA; NEW GEORGIA; NEW GEORGIA ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; ROVIANA LAGOON; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; SOLOMON ISLANDS [SOLOMON ISLANDS (ISG)];

EID: 44549086402     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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