Satellite imaging coral reef resilience at regional scale. A case-study from Saudi Arabia

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1222-1237

  Rowlands, Gwilym ^a   Purkis, Sam ^a   Riegl, Bernhard ^a   Metsamaa, Liisa ^a   Bruckner, Andrew ^b   Renaud, Philip ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Living Oceans Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral; GIS; Red Sea; Remote sensing; Resilience; Satellite

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CORAL GROWTH; CORAL REEF; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; QUICKBIRD SATELLITE; RED SEA; REGIONAL SCALE; REMOTE OBSERVATION; RESILIENCE; RESILIENCE INDEX; SATELLITE IMAGING; SAUDI ARABIA;

ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NASA; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

REEFS;

ADAPTATION; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GROWTH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MAPPING; QUICKBIRD; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SAUDI ARABIA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIAN OCEAN; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SAUDI ARABIA; SPACECRAFT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84861943708     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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