Using remote sensing to select and monitor wetland restoration sites: An overview

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 958-970

  Klemas, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

restoration site selection; Wetland remote sensing; wetland restoration; wetland restoration monitoring

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; COASTAL WETLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SITE SELECTION; STORM SURGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880206572     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00170.1     Document Type: Article

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