Decadal changes in habitat-type coverage on Horn Island, Mississippi, U.S.A.

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1142-1148

  Lucas, Kelly L ^a   Carter, Gregory A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier island; habitat type classification; land cover change

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; DUNE; HABITAT TYPE; LIDAR; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION MAPPING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WARMING; WOODLAND;

HORN ISLAND [MISSISSIPPI]; MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78349276898     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-09-00018.1     Document Type: Article

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