Investigation of aquaculture dynamics at a Ramsar site, using earth observation systems in conjunction with a socio-economic assessment

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 325-336

  Nagabhatla, Nidhi ^a,b   Pattnaik, C ^c   Sellamuttu, S Seneratna ^b   Narendra Prasad, S ^c   Wickramasuriya, R ^d   Finlayson, Max ^e  

^a WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^c SÁLIM ALI CENTRE FOR ORNITHOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Dynamics; Geospatial; India; Ramsar; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPLEXITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EOS; LAKE DYNAMICS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KOLLERU LAKE; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70949086727     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: 14401770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2009.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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