Spatial and temporal variability of seagrass at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef

Botanica Marina

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-49

  Saunders, Megan I ^c   Bayraktarov, Elisa ^b   Roelfsema, Chris M ^b   Leon, Javier X ^a,b   Samper Villarreal, Jimena ^b   Phinn, Stuart R ^b   Lovelock, Catherine E ^b   Mumby, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Benthic habitat mapping; Halodule uninervis; Remote sensing; Seagrass change analysis; Thalassia hemprichii

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON; MEADOW; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAGRASS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; LIZARD ISLAND; QUEENSLAND;

HALODULE UNINERVIS; SQUAMATA; THALASSIA HEMPRICHII;

EID: 84922650588     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bot-2014-0060     Document Type: Article

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