Multi-temporal mapping of seagrass cover, species and biomass: A semi-automated object based image analysis approach

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 150, Issue , 2014, Pages 172-187

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Change; Cover; Dynamics; High spatial resolution; Object based; Seagrass; Species

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BIOMASS; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CHANGE; COVER; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; OBJECT BASED; SEAGRASSES; SPECIES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AUTOMATION; BIOMASS; DATA SET; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SEAGRASS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALIA; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84901493963     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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