A satellite-based multi-temporal assessment of the extent of nuisance Cladophora and related submerged aquatic vegetation for the Laurentian Great Lakes

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 157, Issue , 2015, Pages 58-71

  Brooks, Colin ^a   Grimm, Amanda ^a   Shuchman, Robert ^a   Sayers, Michael ^a   Jessee, Nathaniel ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Cladophora; Great lakes; Landsat; Submerged aquatic vegetation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; REFLECTION; VEGETATION;

BASED ON DETECTIONS; CLADOPHORA; FILAMENTOUS GREEN ALGAE; GREAT LAKES; LANDSAT; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; OVERALL ACCURACIES; SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATIONS;

LAKES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC PLANT; ESTHETICS; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH RISK; LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WILD POPULATION;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOPHORA;

EID: 84920120289     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.04.032     Document Type: Article

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