ReefKIM: An integrated geodatabase for sustainable management of the Kimberley Reefs, North West Australia

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 119, Issue , 2016, Pages 234-243

  Kordi, Moataz N ^a,b   Collins, Lindsay B ^a,b   O'Leary, Michael ^a,b   Stevens, Alexandra ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Crowdsourcing; Geodatabase; GIS; Reef conservation; Reef management

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CITIZEN SCIENCE; COMPLETE INFORMATION; CROWDSOURCING; GEODATABASE; SPATIAL DATA; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONDITIONS; WEB BASED PLATFORM;

REEFS;

CORAL REEF; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NATURAL RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84946761050     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.11.004     Document Type: Article

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