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Observed decadal changes in extent of mangroves and coral reefs in southern Gulf of Kachchh using principal component analysis and geo-spatial techniques: A case study

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Title Observed decadal changes in extent of mangroves and coral reefs in southern Gulf of Kachchh using principal component analysis and geo-spatial techniques: A case study
 
Creator Prerna, R.
Naidu, V.S.
Soniya, S.
Gajbhiye, S.N.
 
Subject AQUATIC COMMUNITIES::Mangrove
AQUATIC COMMUNITIES::Coral reef
LAW, POLICY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES::Coastal zone management
 
Description The identification of temporal change in the extent of coral reefs and mangroves patches along the Narara and Kalubhar islands was performed using multi-temporal data from 1999 to 2010 (LISS III and LISS IV (MX)). For extracting coral reefs, the reflectances of the feature were studied and using a few sample locations identified by sea-truthing, the reflectances of the corals were observed in different bands. Since these values were not normally distributed, it was considered best to use the modal value of the dataset. The final range was taken as ?1 from the mode, which was used for the extraction of coral pixels. The findings suggested that the coral cover depleted from 19.35 to 9.11 km2 in the study area. The second objective of extracting the mangroves was accomplished by employing the technique of Principal Component Analysis (PCA). This technique gave better results as it not only identified the mangrove swamps but also differentiated between the dense and sparse. The greatest variance in the dataset could be identified by this method, thereby making it easier to outline the variations existing within the mangroves. The findings highlighted that out of the total area mangroves covered 38.81 km2 in 2010 while in 1999, they covered only 30.69 km2 ascertaining the impact of mangrove restoration projects functioning in the area
 
Date 2015-10-16T05:47:11Z
2015-10-16T05:47:11Z
2015
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Journal Of Coastal Conservation, vol.19(3); 2015; 257-267
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4794
 
Language en
 
Rights An edited version of this paper was published by Springer. This paper is for R & D purpose and Copyright [2015] Springer.
 
Publisher Springer