Mapping submerged habitats and mangroves of Lampi Island Marine National Park (Myanmar) from in situ and satellite observations

Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Giardino, Claudia ^a   Bresciani, Mariano ^a   Fava, Francesco ^b   Matta, Erica ^a   Brando, Vittorio E ^a   Colombo, Roberto ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Corals; Landsat 8; Mangrove forests; Marine National Park; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957889494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs8010002     Document Type: Article

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