In Situ biomass estimation of seagrasses in the gulf of mannar (India) and their areal coverage using IRS P6 LISS III images

Aquatic Plants and Plant Diseases Types, Characteristics and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 209-226

  Susila, S ^a   Nobi, E P ^a   Thangaradjou, T ^a   Sivakumar, K ^a   Anantharaman, P ^a   Kannan, L ^a   Balasubramanian, T ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Gulf of mannar; IRS P6 LISS III; Mapping; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879775483     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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