Spatial coverage of mangrove communities in the Arabian Gulf

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Almahasheer, Hanan ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Avicennia marina; Distribution; Landsat; Mapping; Remote sensing; Rhizophora mucronata; Satellite

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CARBON; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; DISTRIBUTION; LANDSAT; NATURAL FORCES; RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA; SPATIAL COVERAGE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LANDSAT; MANGROVE; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; AVICENNIA MARINA; BAHRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRAN; KUWAIT; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; PLANTATION; QATAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SAUDI ARABIA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; WETLAND;

ARABIAN SEA; BAHRAIN; INDIAN OCEAN; IRAN; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; PERSIAN GULF; QATAR; SAUDI ARABIA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

AVICENNIA MARINA; RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRAN; KUWAIT; QATAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SAUDI ARABIA; WETLANDS;

EID: 85040946978     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-018-6472-2     Document Type: Article

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