Use of GIS and high resolution LiDAR in salt marsh restoration site suitability assessments in the upper Bay of Fundy, Canada

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 243-262

  Millard, K ^a   Redden, A M ^a   Webster, T ^b   Stewart, H ^b  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NOVA SCOTIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bay of Fundy; Geomatics; LiDAR; Restoration; Salt marsh; Spartina; Vegetation zonation; Wetland

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIKE; GIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGERY; LIDAR; QUICKBIRD; SALTMARSH; SUBSIDENCE; VEGETATION; WETLAND; ZONATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK;

SPARTINA;

EID: 84884820747     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-013-9303-9     Document Type: Article

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