Mapping floating and emergent aquatic vegetation in coastal wetlands of eastern Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, Canada

Wetlands

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1141-1152

  Midwood, Jonathan D ^a   Chow Fraser, Patricia ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Great Lakes; Habitat; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880201626     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-010-0105-z     Document Type: Article

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