Mapping vegetation colonization in a restoring tidal marsh

Tuxen, K., L. Schile, M. Kelly, and S. Siegel. 2008. Vegetation colonization in a restoring tidal marsh: A remote sensing approach. Restoration Ecology 16(2): 313‐323

Vegetation colonization in a restored marshWe used NDVI to document vegetation colonization in a restoring salt marsh. This method was effective at detecting change in vegetation over time in a variable tidal marsh environment using imagery that had inconsistent specifications and quality across years. Journal link. Pdf download.

Keywords: change detection . NDVI .  Petaluma River Marsh .  remote sensing .  San Francisco Bay-Delta . tidal marsh restoration