A method for monitoring shallow seagrass meadows (Zostera spp.) using terrestrial oblique large-scale photography

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-109

  Andrade, Francisco ^a   Ferreira, Maria Adelaide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Eelgrass monitoring; Image classification; Oblique terrestrial photography; Remote sensing; Seagrass mapping

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HABITAT TYPE; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; INDEX METHOD; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MAPPING METHOD; MEADOW; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; SAMPLING; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIDAL CYCLE;

PORTUGAL; SADO ESTUARY; SETUBAL [PORTUGAL];

ZOSTERA;

EID: 79960019897     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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