Remote sensing and GIS analysis of sea grass meadows in North Carolina, USA

Date

1997

Authors

Ferguson, R.L.
Korfmacher, K.

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Abstract

This article describes a study which assesses the effects of environmental factors on the use of remote sensing for detecting sea grass location and area extent over time. These environmental factors include low and high tide, seasonally low and high standing crop and insolation, and wind direction and velocity. Aerial photographs are used as reference data for three sites within a North Carolina coastal lagoon.

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p. 241-258

Keywords

remote sensing, sea grass, aquatic plants, wetlands, marshes, environmental management, geographic information system (GIS)

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