Tropical islands quick data gap analysis guided by coral reef geomorphological maps

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 191-199

  Andréfouët, Serge ^a   Hamel, Mélanie A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral Triangle; Marine protected area; Millennium Coral Reef Mapping Project; Pacific Island Countries and Territories; Remote sensing; Solomon Island

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; METADATA; REMOTE SENSING;

CORAL TRIANGLES; MAPPING PROJECTS; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SOLOMON ISLANDS;

REEFS;

CORAL REEF; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAP; MAPPING; MARINE PARK; METADATA; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DATA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLOMON ISLANDS; SPATIAL DATA GAP ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICS;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA];

ANTHOZOA;

CORAL TRIANGLE; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; MILLENNIUM CORAL REEF MAPPING PROJECT; PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES; REMOTE SENSING; SOLOMON ISLAND;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84897576409     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.01.055     Document Type: Article

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