Citation: Gwen J. Miller, James T. Morris, Cuizhen Wang. Mapping salt marsh dieback and condition in South Carolina’s North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve using remote sensing[J]. AIMS Environmental Science, 2017, 4(5): 677-689. doi: 10.3934/environsci.2017.5.677
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