PhotoQuad: A dedicated seabed image processing software, and a comparative error analysis of four photoquadrat methods

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 424-425, Issue , 2012, Pages 99-108

  Trygonis, V ^a   Sini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Coralligenous; Coverage measurement; Image processing software; Photoquadrat sampling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORAL; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATCH SIZE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEAFLOOR; SESSILE SPECIES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84861905972     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.04.018     Document Type: Article

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