Changes of coral communities over 35 years: Integrating in situ and remote-sensing data on Saint-Leu Reef (la Réunion, Indian Ocean)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 342-352

  Scopelitis J ^a,b,c   Andrefouet S ^b   Phinn, S ^a   Chabanet, P ^c   Naim, O ^c,d   Tourrand, C ^c   Done, T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

^e AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

aerial photographs; bleaching; change detection; coral reefs; cyclones; ecosystem resilience

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; CYCLONE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION; SAINT LEU REEF;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 69049107410     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.04.030     Document Type: Article

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