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- <p>Habitat (Ecology) – Ohio River.</p> <p>Fish communities – Ohio River.</p> <p>River continuum concept.</p> <p>Rivers – Ecology.</p> (1)
- <p>Imaging systems - Image quality.</p> <p>Habitat (Ecology)</p> <p>Wetland ecology.</p> <p>Wetlands - West Virginia.</p> <p>Canaan Valley, (W. Va.)</p> (1)
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Computer Simulation For Feature Extraction In Pattern Recognition And Geobiophysical Modeling In Mountaineous Wetland Delineation, Natalie Ripsher
Computer Simulation For Feature Extraction In Pattern Recognition And Geobiophysical Modeling In Mountaineous Wetland Delineation, Natalie Ripsher
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Delineation of wetlands is an important aspect of protecting of these ecologically diverse and biocomplex habitats. Selected image-processing techniques are applied to remotely sensed imagery of Canaan Valley, in order to determine the best method of extracting wetland features for habitat delineation. Remotely sensed data from April 1997 and September 1999 were compared to determine the accuracy of feature extraction, and the effect of seasonal and long term climate change on wetland delineation. Pattern recognition for feature extraction was used to identify vegetation associations and changes in habitats. Computer simulation of the infrared band was performed using ER Mapper so …
Habitat Utilization Of Fish Species On The Ohio River: Preliminary Development Of A Multi-Metric Habitat Index, James P. Hawkes
Habitat Utilization Of Fish Species On The Ohio River: Preliminary Development Of A Multi-Metric Habitat Index, James P. Hawkes
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Development of a habitat index requires an understanding of the longitudinal distribution of habitat, fish assemblages, and how the two interact. Because of the complexity and size of the Ohio River, this understanding has not been reached. Habitat analysis has long been considered, and is essential, in assigning impaired and reference condition of habitat quality. The Ohio River is diverse in the distribution of its habitat within pool and river-wide. An Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to analyze these distributions. Within pool assessment of % habitat composition revealed woody cover and vegetation types were significantly greater in the lowest …