Remote sensing of biologically reworked sediments: A laboratory experiment

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1121-1129

  de Backer, Annelies ^a,d   Adam, Stefanie ^b   Monbaliu, Jaak ^b   Toorman, Erik ^b   Vincx, Magda ^a   Degraer, Steven ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clay content; Corophium volutator; Grain size; Hyperspectral measurements; Remote sensing; Water content

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AMPHIPOD; BIOTURBATION; CLAY; DATA SET; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROCOSM; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; REMOTE SENSING; REWORKING; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMALIA; COROPHIUM; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR;

EID: 70449559225     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9204-6     Document Type: Article

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