Utility of shallow-water ATRIS images in defining biogeologic processes and self-similarity in skeletal scleractinia, Florida reefs

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1320-1338

  Lidz, Barbara H ^a   Brock, John C ^a   Nagle, David B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reef decline; Fractal patterns; Holocene coral reefs; Remote sensing; Scaling; Scleractinian coral microstructure; Seafloor imagery; Self similarity; Shallow benthic habitats; Taphonomy; Trabecular wall structure

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; DEGRADATION; HOLOCENE; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DECLINE; REMOTE SENSING; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SHALLOW WATER; TAPHONOMY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 53549109995     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/08-1049.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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