Lake Erie, Eastern Basin Aquatic Vegetation

Description

Observations and subtle shifts of vegetation communities in Lake Erie have USGS researchers concerned about the potential for Grass Carp to alter these vegetation communities. Broad-scale surveys of vegetation using remote sensing and GIS mapping, coupled with on-the-ground samples in key locations will permit assessment of the effect Grass Carp may have already had on aquatic vegetation communities and establish baseline conditions for assessing future effects. Existing aerial imagery was used with object-based image analysis to detect and map aquatic vegetation in the eastern basin of Lake Erie.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.5a32dd18e4b08e6a89d88682.xml
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/F7K07351

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  • new-york
  • asian-carp
  • lake-county
  • submersed-aquatic-vegetation
  • vegetation-mapping
  • usgs-5a32dd18e4b08e6a89d88682
  • chautauqua-county
  • ecosystem-monitoring
  • emergent-vegetation
  • erie-county
  • image-collections
  • habitats
  • geospatial-datasets
  • great-lakes
  • pennsylvania
  • ashtabula-county
  • geographic-information-systems
  • remote-sensing
  • invasive-species
  • aerial-imagery
  • lake-erie
  • grass-carp
  • lorain-county
  • ohio
  • north-america
  • cuyahoga-county
  • aquatic-vegetation
  • object-based-image-analysis

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