Potential use of remote sensing to assess effects of wave action on plant re-establishment
Evaluation of the potential for remote sensing to detect arelationship between wave action factors and plant re-establishment after a habitat enhancement at Lake Kissimmee, Florida. Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing, wave action factors were found to be inversely related to the probability of plant re-establishment. However, correlation of wave action factors with areal coverage of aquatic plantsbased on field measurements, were unable to detect a significant relationship. Other factors aside from wave action, including littoral slope and the presence of offshore vegetation, may have influenced plant re-establishment in these sites. Remote sensing techniques may be useful to detect large changes in plants communities, however small changes in plant coverages may not be detectable using this technique.
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| Format: | article biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2004
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| Subjects: | Ecology, effective fetch, GIS, Lake Kissimmee Florida, remote sensing, satellite imagery., |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/19562 |
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