Macroalgal standing crop estimate – fast method using ultralight aircraft

International Journal of Environment and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 507-516

  Lenzi, Mauro ^a   Solari, Duccio ^a  

^a Lagoon Ecology and Aquaculture Laboratory (LEALab)   (Italy)

Author keywords

environmental monitoring; macroalgal biomass estimate; opportunistic macroalgae; Orbetello lagoon; remote sensing survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871350365     PISSN: 17434955     EISSN: 17434963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2007.017874     Document Type: Article

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