Evidence of hydroperiod shortening in a preserved system of temporary ponds

Remote Sensing

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1439-1462

  Gómez Rodríguez, Carola ^a   Bustamante, Javier ^a   Díaz Paniagua, Carmen ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fluctuations; Landsat; Mediterranean temporary pond; Multi temporal; Remote sensing; Spatio temporal variation; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

FLUCTUATIONS; LANDSAT; MULTI-TEMPORAL; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; TEMPORARY PONDS;

AQUIFERS; OCEAN HABITATS; PARKS; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES; WETLANDS;

LAKES;

EID: 84860389851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs2061439     Document Type: Article

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