Discrimination of coral reefs, seagrass meadows, and sand bottom types from space: a Dominican Republic case study

J. J. Luczkovich, T. W. Wagner, J. L. Michalek, R. W. Stoffle

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Abstract

In order to monitor changes caused by local and global human actions to a coral reef ecosystem, we "sea-truthed' a natural color Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) image prepared for a coastal region of the northwestern Dominican Republic and recorded average water depth, precise geographical positions, and bottom types (seagrass, 15 sites; coral reef, ten sites; and sand, six sites). -from Authors

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)385-389
Number of pages5
JournalPhotogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing
Volume59
Issue number3
StatePublished - 1993

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computers in Earth Sciences

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