An integrated field and remote sensing approach for mapping seagrass cover, moreton bay, Australia

Journal of Spatial Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-62

  Roelfsema, C M ^a   Phinn, S R ^a   Udy, N ^b   Maxwell, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Benthic surveys; Integrated field image mapping; Landsat Thematic Mapper; Seagrass cover

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING METHOD; POLYGON; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SEAGRASS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 67849095610     PISSN: 14498596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14498596.2009.9635166     Document Type: Article

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