Assessing wetland degradation and loss of ecosystem services in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 828-836

  Ayanlade, Ayansina ^a   Proske, Ulrike ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

GIS; NDVI; Ramsar; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COST ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GIS; NDVI; RAMSAR CONVENTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIMBER; WETLAND;

NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA;

EID: 84969703307     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF15066     Document Type: Conference Paper

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