Using satellite imagery to assess macrophyte response to water-level manipulations in the Saskatchewan River Delta, Manitoba

Wetlands

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1091-1102

  Baschuk, Mark S ^a,b   Ervin, Michael D ^c   Clark, William R ^c   Armstrong, Llwellyn M ^b   Wrubleski, Dale A ^b   Goldsborough, Gordon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergent macrophyte mapping; Object based; Remote sensing; Saskatchewan River Delta; Water level manipulations

Indexed keywords

LOGISTICS; MACROPHYTE; QUICKBIRD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEED BANK; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; MANITOBA; SASKATCHEWAN DELTA;

CAREX; SPARGANIUM; TYPHA;

EID: 84871485168     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-012-0339-z     Document Type: Article

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