The semi-automated classification of acoustic imagery for characterizing coral reef ecosystems

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 6389-6422

  Costa, B M ^a,b   Battista, T A ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CSS Inc under contract to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office for Coastal Management   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; PIXELS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REEFS;

CLASSIFICATION METHODS; CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUE; MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS; MULTI-BEAM ECHO SOUNDERS; PIXEL- AND OBJECT-BASED CLASSIFICATION; PIXEL-BASED TECHNIQUES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGERY;

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION;

ABUNDANCE; ACOUSTIC IMAGERY; CORAL REEF; ECHO SOUNDER; HABITAT; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; PIXEL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SEGMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THEMATIC MAPPING;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84879911289     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.800661     Document Type: Article

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