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Mangrove cover change detection in Vankalai bird sanctuary in Mannar District of Sri Lanka using Landsat satellite imageries

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Mangrove cover change detection in Vankalai bird sanctuary in Mannar District...
Abstract

Vankalai sanctuary, partly a wetland which was declared as one of the bird sanctuary by the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) of Sri Lanka in 2008. The sanctuary is located adjacent to Mannar town covering 4839 ha. This sanctuary consists of several ecosystems such as arid-zone thorn scrubland, mangrove, salt marshes, lagoons and coastal grasslands. The objectives of this study are to identify the temporal changes of the mangrove covers and to understand the anthropogenic factors t...

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Keywords
Landsat satellite , NIR , NDVI , mangrove
Category
Coastal and Marine Sensitive Habitats
flora and/or fauna in natural environment. Examples: wildlife, vegetation, biological sciences, ecology, wilderness, sealife, wetlands, habitat
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Language
English
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Thasarathan N.and K. Suthakar (2017). Mangrove cover change detection in Vankalai bird sanctuary in Mannar District of Sri
Lanka using Landsat satellite ...

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