Seagrass communities in southern Moreton Bay, Australia: Coverage and fragmentation trends between 1987 and 2005

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 41-47

  Cuttriss, Andrew K ^a   Prince, J Blair ^b   Castley, J Guy ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Strategic and Environmental Planning   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Disturbance; Landscape ecology; Mapping; Spatial distribution; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BOATING; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; CONTRACTION; DISTURBANCE; DREDGING; FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MAPPING; RANGE EXPANSION; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

CYMODOCEA SERRULATA; HALODULE UNINERVIS; HALOPHILA OVALIS; HALOPHILA SPINULOSA; SYRINGODIUM ISOETIFOLIUM; ZOSTERA MUELLERI;

EID: 84876859531     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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