Mapping of wood stork foraging habitat with satellite data

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6038281

Jensen, J R; Coulter, M; Mackey, Jr, H E; Hodgson, M E

Potential foraging sites for an endangered species, the wood stork, were identified using Landsat thematic mapper data for a section of north central Georgia and the Savannah River floodplain swamp in South Carolina. This was accomplished using innovative clustering techniques applied to known wood stork foraging sites around the Birdsville Colony in Georgia. The signatures for known sites were then geographically extended to a 1520-square-kilometer region surrounding the Birdsville Colony. Thematic maps were produced and foraging area acreages computed providing a regional assessment of existing and potential wood stork foraging sites. Approximately 1744 hectarea of potential shallow water and macrophyte foraging habitat were identified in the area surroundings the Birdsville Colony. 14 refs., 3 figs.

• Research Organization: South Carolina Univ., Columbia (USA). Dept. of Geography; Savannah River Ecology Lab., Aiken, SC (USA); Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 6038281
• Report Number(s): DP-MS-85-114; CONF-851266-1; ON: DE86007168
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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520500* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
BIRDS
ECOSYSTEMS
FEDERAL REGION IV
GEORGIA
HABITAT
MAPPING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
REMOTE SENSING
SATELLITES
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SOUTH CAROLINA
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
USA
VERTEBRATES
WETLANDS