Multi-scale marine biodiversity patterns inferred efficiently from habitat image processing

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 792-803

  Mellin, Camille ^a,b   Parrott, Lael ^c   Andréfouët, Serge ^d   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^b,e   MacNeil, M Aaron ^a   Caley, M Julian ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^e SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coral reef fish; Ecological indicators; Great Barrier Reef, Australia; Landsat; Mean information gain; Multilevel mixed effects model; Photography; Remote sensing; Spectral signal

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACTION PLAN; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORAL REEF; DIGITAL IMAGE; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FISH; HABITAT QUALITY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANDSAT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PRIORITIZATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84860231994     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-2105.1     Document Type: Article

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