Challenges of remote sensing for quantifying changes in large complex seagrass environments

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 133, Issue , 2013, Pages 161-171

  Roelfsema, Chris ^a   Kovacs, Eva M ^a   Saunders, Megan I ^a   Phinn, Stuart ^a   Lyons, Mitchell ^a   Maxwell, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Historical data; Management; Remote sensing; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOPHYSICS; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; EPISODIC EVENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; MAP; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84885950729     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.08.026     Document Type: Article

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