Ningaloo Reef: Shallow Marine Habitats Mapped Using a Hyperspectral Sensor

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Kobryn, Halina T ^a   Wouters, Kristin ^a   Beckley, Lynnath E ^a   Heege, Thomas ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Building 319   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BENTHOS; CLASSIFICATION; CORAL; FUZZY LOGIC; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HABITAT; HYPERSPECTRAL SENSOR; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SENSOR;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAPS AS TOPIC; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84880812424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070105     Document Type: Article

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