Historical changes in seagrass coverage on the Mississippi barrier Islands, Northern Gulf of Mexico, determined from vertical aerial imagery (1940-2007)

Geocarto International

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 663-673

  Carter, Gregory A ^a   Lucas, Kelly L ^a   Biber, Patrick D ^b   Criss, G Alan ^a   Blossom, Gabriel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b University of Southern Mississippi ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

barrier island; coastal system; remote sensing; seagrass

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BARRIER ISLAND; COASTAL ZONE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; REMOTE SENSING; SEAGRASS; VEGETATION COVER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; HORN ISLAND [MISSISSIPPI]; MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

HALODULE WRIGHTII;

EID: 84859067967     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2011.620634     Document Type: Article

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