Download or read book Remote Sensing of Estuarine Salt Marsh written by Gunnar Arne Olson and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Salt marsh vegetation change detected by airborne remote sensing in the Westerschelde estuary Netherlands for the ISLED Project written by A G (Andy) Thomson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Remote Sensing of Coastal Environments written by Yeqiao Wang and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-12-09 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As coastal environments around the world face unprecedented natural and anthropogenic threats, advancements in the technologies that support geospatial data acquisition, imaging, and computing have profoundly enhanced monitoring capabilities in coastal studies. Providing systematic treatment of the key developments, Remote Sensing of Coastal Enviro
Download or read book Halophytes for Food Security in Dry Lands written by Muhammad Ajmal Khan and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Halophytes for Food Security in Dry Lands addresses the concerns surrounding global food scarcity, especially focusing on those living in arid and dry lands The book touches on food crises in dry regions of the world and proposes halophytes as an alternate source of consumption for such areas. Halophytes, those plants that thrive in saline soil and provide either food source options themselves, or positively enhance an eco-system’s ability to produce food, and are thus an important and increasingly recognized option for addressing the needs of the nearly 1/6 of the world’s population that lives in these arid and semi-arid climates. Including presentations from the 2014 International Conference on Halophytes for Food Security in Dry Lands, this book features insights from the leading researchers in the subject. It is a valuable resource that includes information on the nutritional value of halophytes, their genetic basis and potential enhancement, adaption of halophytes, and lessons learned thus far. Provides comprehensive coverage of the importance and utilization of halophytes to compensate the demand of food in whole world especially in the dry regions Contains insights from ecological to molecular fields Includes edible halophytes as well as those that enhance food-producing eco-systems Presents information for improving abiotic stress tolerance in plants
Download or read book Biophysical Remote Sensing of Salt Marshes in South East United States written by Shuvankar Ghosh and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of salt marsh biophysical properties is imperative to understand its response to environmental change. We developed protocols for mapping biophysical properties of salt marshes such as Green Leaf Area Index (GLAI), Canopy Chlorophyll (CHLc), Vegetation Fraction (VF), and aboveground Green Biomass (GBM) using moderate resolution satellite images and in-situ data for the salt marshes in south-eastern United States. The time-series products derived using the biophysical models have been able to capture the spatio-temporal effects of the environmental events affecting the salt marshes of the region. We also tested the performance of different smoothing functions to derive noise-free phenology for Louisiana (LA) and Georgia (GA) salt marshes from the time-series GBM composites, and selected the best smoothing function to derive and analyze phenological parameters for salt marsh habitats. Long-term trend analysis of phenological parameters indicate positive changes in the base GBM values, and mostly negative changes in the GBM amplitude and small seasonal integral, which indicate overall progressive decline in the rates of photosynthesis and biomass allocation in the salt marsh ecosystem. This observed decline in photosynthesis and biomass allocation may be attributed to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and sea level rise. Finally we attempted to map Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) for a salt marsh habitat in the Gulf Coast, using the GBM composites and in-situ GPP estimates from eddy covariance CO2 flux towers. The time-series composites and phenological charts developed using the biophysical GPP model was able to capture the effect of different environmental events such as dieback and hurricane landfall. The results illustrate the relative efficiency of MODIS in analyzing salt marsh biophysical properties. This is the first study to employ MODIS images to study the long-term trends in biophysical characteristics of salt marshes in south-east United States. The methods described in this study as well as the biophysical products derived using the methods has the potential to improve our ability to predict their productivity and carbon sequestration potential. These techniques could also be used to assess the success of previous and ongoing salt marsh restoration projects, and evaluate the productivity of marshes under threat from both natural and anthropogenic drivers.
Download or read book Connecticut s Changing Salt Marshes written by Mark Douglas Hoover and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ecogeomorphology of Tidal Marshes written by Sergio Fagherazzi and published by American Geophysical Union. This book was released on 2004-01-09 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Located between sea and land, salt marshes are complex environments that provide critical ecosystem functions, such as production of organic material and nutrient cycling. This book examines the geomorphology of salt marshes with emphasis on the interaction between landscape and biota.
Download or read book Monitoring Salt Marsh Condition and Change with Satellite Remote Sensing written by Anthony Daniel Campbell and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Remote Sensing of Salt Marsh Vegetation Stress written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Utilizing Remote Sensing of Thematic Mapper Data to Improve Our Understanding of Estuarine Processes and Their Influence on the Productivity of Estuarine dependent Fisheries written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tidal Marsh Restoration written by Charles T. Roman and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many coastal tidal marshes have been significantly degraded by roadways and other projects that restrict tidal flows, limiting their ability to provide vital ecosystem services including support of fish and wildlife populations, flood protection, water quality maintenance, and open space. Tidal Marsh Restoration provides the scientific foundation and practical guidance necessary for coastal zone stewards to initiate salt marsh tidal restoration programs. The book compiles, synthesizes, and interprets the current state of knowledge on the science and practice of salt marsh restoration, bringing together leaders across a range of disciplines in the sciences (hydrology, soils, vegetation, zoology), engineering (hydraulics, modeling), and public policy, with coastal managers who offer an abundance of practical insight and guidance on the development of programs. The work presents in-depth information from New England and Atlantic Canada, where the practice of restoring tidal flow to salt marshes has been ongoing for decades, and shows how that experience can inform restoration efforts around the world. Students and researchers involved in restoration science will find the technical syntheses, presentation of new concepts, and identification of research needs to be especially useful as they formulate research and monitoring questions, and interpret research findings. Tidal Marsh Restoration is an essential work for managers, planners, regulators, environmental and engineering consultants, and others engaged in planning, designing, and implementing projects or programs aimed at restoring tidal flow to tide-restricted or diked salt marshes.
Download or read book Airborne remote sensing using CASI of salt marshes in the Westerschelde estuary for the ISLED project written by A G (Andy) Thomson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Remote Sensing and Modeling written by Charles W. Finkl and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is geared for advanced level research in the general subject area of remote sensing and modeling as they apply to the coastal marine environment. The various chapters focus on the latest scientific and technical advances in the service of better understanding coastal marine environments for their care, conservation and management. Chapters specifically deal with advances in remote sensing coastal classifications, environmental monitoring, digital ocean technological advances, geophysical methods, geoacoustics, X-band radar, risk assessment models, GIS applications, real-time modeling systems, and spatial modeling. Readers will find this book useful because it summarizes applications of new research methods in one of the world’s most dynamic and complicated environments. Chapters in this book will be of interest to specialists in the coastal marine environment who deals with aspects of environmental monitoring and assessment via remote sensing techniques and numerical modeling.
Download or read book Remote Sensing of Wetlands written by Ralph W. Tiner and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-03-23 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effectively Manage Wetland Resources Using the Best Available Remote Sensing TechniquesUtilizing top scientists in the wetland classification and mapping field, Remote Sensing of Wetlands: Applications and Advances covers the rapidly changing landscape of wetlands and describes the latest advances in remote sensing that have taken place over the pa
Download or read book Evaluation of Remote Sensing Techniques for Surveying Coastal Wetlands written by D. S. Bartlett and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Saltmarsh Ecology written by Paul Adam and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-07-08 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A broad introduction to the ecology of the unique environment of the saltmarsh.
Download or read book Remote Sensing and Geospatial Technologies for Coastal Ecosystem Assessment and Management written by Xiaojun Yang and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-12-11 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this landmark publication, leading experts detail how remote sensing and related geospatial technologies can be used for coastal ecosystem assessment and management. This book is divided into three major parts. In the first part several conceptual and technical issues of applying remote sensing and geospatial technologies in the coastal environment are examined. The second part showcases some of the latest developments in the use of remote sensing and geospatial technologies when characterizing coastal waters, submerged aquatic vegetation, benthic habitats, shorelines, coastal wetlands and watersheds. Finally, the last part demonstrates a watershed-wide synthetic approach that links upstream stressors with downstream responses for integrated coastal ecosystem assessment and management.
