Modeling dissolved organic carbon in subalpine and alpine lakes with GIS and remote sensing

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 807-816

  Winn, Neil ^a,b   Williamson, Craig E ^a   Abbitt, Robbyn ^a   Rose, Kevin ^a   Renwick, William ^a   Henry, Mary ^a   Saros, Jasmine ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Assateague Island National Seashore   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness; Alpine lakes; Land cover mapping; Spatial modeling

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COLOR; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GIS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LANDSCAPE; REMOTE SENSING; STANDARD (REFERENCE); SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION COVER; WATERSHED; WILDERNESS AREA;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 69949087251     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-009-9359-3     Document Type: Article

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