Remote sensing of shallow coastal benthic substrates: In situ spectra and mapping of eelgrass (Zostera marina) in the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve of Canada

Remote Sensing

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 975-1005

  O'Neill, Jennifer D ^a   Costa, Maycira ^a   Sharma, Tara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eelgrass; Feature selection; Hyperspectral; Remote sensing; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE IMAGERY; ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; DATA SETS; DEPTH CONSTRAINTS; EELGRASS; FIRST DERIVATIVE; HYPERSPECTRAL; IN-SITU; INTEGRAL PART; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD CLASSIFIERS; NATIONAL PARKS; SAMPLE SIZES; SEAGRASSES; SPECTRAL BEHAVIORS; SPECTRAL DETECTION; SPECTRAL SEPARATION; SPECTRAL VARIABLES; VARIABLE SELECTION; WATER COLUMNS; WATER REFLECTANCES; Z. MARINA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ECOSYSTEMS; MARINAS; MONITORING; PARKS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 80052497103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs3050975     Document Type: Article

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