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Combining Landsat ETM+ and Reef Check classifications for mapping coral reefs: a critical assessment from the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia

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Acknowledgements

This paper is based on a presentation at the 11th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference, Brisbane (Joyce et al. 2002). Our thanks to Matt Smith (One Tree Island Research Station) and the crew of 1770 Charters MV James Cook for field assistance and the editors and reviewers for providing useful comments on the initial manuscript. An Australian Research Council Small Grant supported this research. S. Andréfouët (University of South Florida), the NASA Scientific Data Buy Program and Space Imaging provided access to an Ikonos image of the Heron Reef study site (Fig. 2).

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  1. Biophysical Remote Sensing Group, School of Geography, Planning and Architecture, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 4072

    K. E. Joyce, S. R. Phinn & D. T. Neil

  2. Marine Botany Group, Centre for Marine Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 4072

    C. M. Roelfsema & W. C. Dennison

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Joyce, K.E., Phinn, S.R., Roelfsema, C.M. et al. Combining Landsat ETM+ and Reef Check classifications for mapping coral reefs: a critical assessment from the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Coral Reefs 23, 21–25 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-003-0357-7

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