Beach disturbance caused by off-road vehicles (ORVs) on sandy shores: Relationship with traffic volumes and a new method to quantify impacts using image-based data acquisition and analysis

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1646-1649

  Schlacher, Thomas A ^a   Morrison, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Image analysis; Monitoring; Recreation; Sandy beaches

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; CAMERAS; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; OFF ROAD VEHICLES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; VEHICLES;

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; CAMERA PLATFORM; DISTURBANCE EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; IMAGE-BASED; IMAGE-BASED METHODS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS; INTER-TIDAL ZONES; INTERCEPT METHODS; MONITORING; MONITORING APPLICATIONS; PERMANENT RECORDS; PHYSICAL HABITAT; RECREATION; SANDY BEACHES; TRAFFIC INTENSITY; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; VEHICLE PASSES;

LANDFORMS;

AUTOMOBILE; BEACH; COMPACTION; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SURVEY; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOTOR VEHICLE; RECREATION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT;

BATHING BEACHES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 49849105381     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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