Mapping coral reefs at reef to reef-system scales, 10s-1000s km2, using object-based image analysis

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 6367-6388

  Roelfsema, Chris ^a   Phinn, Stuart ^a   Jupiter, Stacy ^b   Comley, James ^c   Albert, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Fiji)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAPPING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURVEYS;

HIERARCHICAL SEQUENCES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION IMAGERY; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION IMAGES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBJECT-BASED CLASSIFICATIONS; OBJECT-BASED IMAGE CLASSIFICATION;

REEFS;

BENTHOS; COMPLEXITY; CORAL REEF; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MAPPING; PIXEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; CAROLINE ISLANDS; FIJI; PALAU; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA];

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84879922425     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.800660     Document Type: Article

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