Using bathymetric lidar to define nearshore benthic habitat complexity: Implications for management of reef fish assemblages in Hawaii

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4159-4165

  Wedding, Lisa M ^a,b   Friedlander, Alan M ^b,c   McGranaghan, Matthew ^a   Yost, Russell S ^a   Monaco, Mark E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c The Oceanic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef fishes; Habitat complexity; Hawaii; Lidar; Light detection and ranging; Rugosity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FISH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LANDFORMS; MEATS; OCEAN HABITATS; OPTICAL RADAR; REEFS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

CORAL REEF FISHES; HABITAT COMPLEXITY; HAWAII; LIDAR; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; RUGOSITY;

ECOLOGY;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; LIDAR; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 53149089017     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.01.025     Document Type: Article

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