Remote sensing and fish-habitat relationships in coral reef ecosystems: Review and pathways for multi-scale hierarchical research

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-19

  Mellin, Camille ^a   Andréfouët, Serge ^a   Kulbicki, Michel ^b   Dalleau, Mayeul ^a   Vigliola, Laurent ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Diversity; Fish; Habitat; Remote sensing; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS; CORAL REEF FISHES; DIVERSITY; HABITAT; HABITAT VARIABLES; LOCAL COMMUNITIES; METACOMMUNITY STRUCTURES; MULTIPLE SCALES; REEF FISHES; SPATIAL ANALYSES; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDY SITES;

FISH; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; MEATS; OCEAN HABITATS; REEFS; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING;

ECOLOGY;

CORAL REEF; FISH; HABITAT CONSERVATION; METAPOPULATION; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 58149277142     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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