Observations of dugongs at Aldabra Atoll, western Indian Ocean: Lagoon habitat mapping and spatial analysis of sighting records

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 839-853

  Hamylton, Sarah M ^a   Hagan, Annelise B ^a   Doak, Naomi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SEYCHELLES ISLANDS FOUNDATION   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

benthic habitat map; cluster analysis; dugong; habitat suitability; remote sensing; Seychelles

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HABITAT; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MAPPING; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIRENIAN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ALDABRA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST); SEYCHELLES;

DUGONG DUGON;

EID: 84861117598     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2011.616510     Document Type: Article

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