Mapping mangrove leaf area index at the species level using IKONOS and LAI-2000 sensors for the Agua Brava Lagoon, Mexican Pacific

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 377-384

  Kovacs, John M ^a   Wang, Jinfei ^b   Flores Verdugo, Francisco ^c  

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

LAI 2000; Leaf Area Index; mangrove; Mexico; Pacific; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; IKONOS; LEAF AREA INDEX; MANGROVE; REMOTE SENSING;

AGUA BRAVA LAGOON; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NAYARIT; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 9944264635     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.09.027     Document Type: Article

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