Predicting the distribution of Montastraea reefs using wave exposure

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 493-503

  Chollett, I ^a,b   Mumby, P J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic disturbance regime; Habitat prediction; Millennium Coral Reef Mapping Project; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BARRIER REEF; COMPLEX TERRAIN; CORAL REEF; DISTURBANCE; MAPPING; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; REMOTE SENSING; WAVE ACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; MESOAMERICAN BARRIER REEF;

ANTHOZOA; MONTASTRAEA;

EID: 84860359177     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0867-7     Document Type: Article

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