Detection and mapping of Posidonia oceanica dead matte by high-resolution acoustic imaging;Individuazione e mappatura di matte morta di Posidonia oceanica attraverso immagini acustiche ad alta risoluzione

Italian Journal of Remote Sensing / Rivista Italiana di Telerilevamento

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-146

  Tomasello, Agostino ^a   Luzzu, Filippo ^a   Di Maida, Germana ^a   Orestano, Carla ^a   Pirrotta, Maria ^a   Scannavino, Antonino ^a   Calvo, Sebastiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon sink; Dead matte; Posidonia oceanica; Remote sensing; Sub bottom profiler

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952723734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2279-725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5721/itjrs200941210     Document Type: Article

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