AN ANALYSIS OF DIGITAL WETLAND VEGETATION MAP COVERAGES. PRODUCED BASED ON AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND SATELLITE IMAGERY NETLEY-LIBAU MARSH, 2001

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dc.contributor.authorWatchorn, K. Elise
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-06T02:31:39Z
dc.date.available2017-02-06T02:31:39Z
dc.date.issued2014-06
dc.description.abstractNetley-Libau Marsh, the largest coastal wetland adjoining Lake Winnipeg, has been mapped by aerial photography in the past (Grosshans et al 2004; Verbiwski 1986), indicating a trend of vegetation loss, but a lack of historic aerial photography has limited mapping efforts to sporadic intervals. Landsat imagery, though of a coarser spatial resolution, has the advantage of high temporal and spectral resolution. In this study, a classified digital vegetation map was created for Netley-Libau Marsh in 2001 using GIS software, Landsat 7 imagery, and a visual classification methodology, for the purposes of comparison with an existing digital vegetation map produced by Grosshans et al (2004) from aerial photography obtained during the same year. Visual delineation and classification of Landsat multispectral imagery was a method suitable for producing wetland maps which distinguish vegetated from non-vegetated areas with a high degree of accuracy, as compared to the truthed Grosshans et al map. Whereas that photography-based mapping exercise distinguished 23 vegetation classes grouped under six marsh zones; this study was able to successfully distinguish five marsh zones – water, not vegetated, emergent wetland vegetation, wet meadow, and upland. Further distinction and categorization of three marsh zones into seven vegetation classes was also possible, but with a lower degree of accuracy. This report describes the methods used to evaluate differences in surface area of equivalent classes between the two mapping exercises. It also provides recommendation for the future analysis of Landsat images to produce a time series of classified digital vegetation maps that may be used to explore relationships between lake and river hydrology and wetland plant cover. This knowledge will be fundamental to guide management and remediation efforts for the benefit of Netley-Libau Marsh and Lake Winnipeg.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/32096
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWater Science and Technology Branch, Environment Canadaen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectnetley-libeauen_US
dc.subjectsatellite imageryen_US
dc.subjectmarshen_US
dc.subjectwetlanden_US
dc.subjectvegetationen_US
dc.titleAN ANALYSIS OF DIGITAL WETLAND VEGETATION MAP COVERAGES. PRODUCED BASED ON AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND SATELLITE IMAGERY NETLEY-LIBAU MARSH, 2001en_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US
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