Coral reef habitat mapping: A combination of object-based image analysis and ecological modelling

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 208, Issue , 2018, Pages 27-41

  Roelfsema, Chris ^a   Kovacs, Eva ^a   Ortiz, Juan Carlos ^a   Wolff, Nicholas H ^a   Callaghan, David ^a   Wettle, Magnus ^b   Ronan, Mike ^c   Hamylton, Sarah M ^d   Mumby, Peter J ^a   Phinn, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Building 319   (Germany)

^c Department of Environment and Heritage Protection ^*  (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic composition; Benthic habitat map; Capricorn Bunker Group; Geomorphic zonation; Great Barrier Reef; Heron Reef

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING;

BENTHIC COMPOSITION; BENTHIC HABITAT MAP; BENTHIC HABITATS; CAPRICORN BUNKER GROUP; CORAL REEF; GEOMORPHIC ZONATION; GREAT BARRIER REEF; HABITAT MAPPING; HERON REEF; OBJECT BASED;

REEFS;

BENTHOS; CONSERVATION; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSAT; MAP; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER DEPTH; ZONATION;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 85042035280     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2018.02.005     Document Type: Article

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