Evaluating Light Availability, Seagrass Biomass, and Productivity Using Hyperspectral Airborne Remote Sensing in Saint Joseph’s Bay, Florida

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1467-1489

  Hill, Victoria J ^a   Zimmerman, Richard C ^a   Bissett, W Paul ^b,c   Dierssen, Heidi ^d   Kohler, David D R ^b,c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Florida Environmental Research Institute   (United States)

^c OCHIN Practice Based Research Network OCHIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperspectral; Remote sensing; Seagrass; Spatial patterns; Submarine landscape

Indexed keywords

RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 84930820966     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-013-9764-3     Document Type: Article

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