Historical seagrass mapping in Port Phillip Bay, Australia

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 257-272

  Ball, David ^a   Soto Berelov, Mariela ^b   Young, Peter ^c  

^a School of Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences RMIT University ^*  (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c URS Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Coastal habitats; GIS; Marine habitat mapping; Remote mapping; Seagrass; Zostera

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COASTAL ZONE; GIS; HABITAT; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SEAGRASS;

AUSTRALIA; PORT PHILLIP BAY; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84901633415     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11852-014-0314-3     Document Type: Article

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