Eelgrass and macroalgal mapping to develop nutrient criteria in new hampshire's estuaries using hyperspectral imagery

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 76, Issue sp1, 2016, Pages 209-218

  Pe'Eri, Shachak ^a   Morrison, J Ru ^b   Short, Fred ^a   Mathieson, Arthur ^a   Lippmann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

bathymetric dataset; eelgrass; Great Bay Estuary; hyperspectral imagery; light attenuation; macroalgae

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; EUTROPHICATION; LIGHT ATTENUATION; MACROALGA; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAGRASS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION MAPPING; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY;

GREAT BAY [NEW HAMPSHIRE]; NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85008700604     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/SI76-018     Document Type: Article

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