Rapid monitoring of seagrass biomass using a simple linear modelling approach, in the field and from space

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 530, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-14

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cymodocea; Eelgrass; Ground truth; Halodule; Halophila; Management; Remote sensing; Satellite mapping; Syringodium; Zostera

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FIELD SURVEY; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LINEARITY; MEADOW; REMOTE SENSING; SEAGRASS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

CYMODOCEA; HALODULE; HALOPHILA; SYRINGODIUM; ZOSTERA;

EID: 84937436247     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: 16161599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps11321     Document Type: Review

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