Assessment of the Abundance of Submersed Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Communities in the Chesapeake Bay and its Use in SAV Management

Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 233-257

  Moore, Kenneth A ^a   Orth, Robert J ^b   Wilcox, David J ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aerial Photography; Gloucester Point; Submerged Aquatic Vegetation; Submerse Aquatic Vegetation; Water Clarity

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; VEGETATION;

AQUATIC VEGETATION; CHESAPEAKE BAY; GLOUCESTER; GLOUCESTER POINT; SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATIONS; SUBMERSE AQUATIC VEGETATION; VEGETATION COMMUNITY; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT; WATER CLARITY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 85028376794     PISSN: 18632246     EISSN: 18632351     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-88183-4_10     Document Type: Chapter

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