Marine habitats map of "Isla del Caño", Costa Rica, comparing Quickbird and Hymap images classification results

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 373-381

  Fonseca, A C ^a,c   Guzmán, Héctor M ^b   Cortés, Jorge ^a,c   Soto, Carlomagno ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d Centro Nacional de Alta Tecnología   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Costa rica; Hymap; Isla del ca o; Marine habitat map; Quickbird

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ANIMALS; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE BIOLOGY; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS;

ANTHOZOA; MANTA;

EID: 76349125587     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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