Examination of abiotic drivers and their influence on Spartina alterniflora biomass over a twenty-eight year period using Landsat 5 TM satellite imagery of the Central Georgia Coast

Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  O'Donnell, John P R ^a   Schalles, John F ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate forcing; Coastal remote sensing; Ecosystem health; Landsat 5 TM; Long term data; River discharge; sea level; Salt marsh ecology; Spartina alterniflora; Vegetation stress

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL; WETLANDS;

CLIMATE FORCINGS; COASTAL REMOTE SENSING; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; LANDSAT 5 TM; LONG-TERM DATA; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALT MARSHES; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; VEGETATION STRESS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84974777401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs8060477     Document Type: Article

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