Vegetation cover and relationships of habitat-type with elevation on the Mississippi-Alabama Barrier Islands in the initial six years after Hurricane Katrina

Gregory A Carter1, Carlton Peter Anderson2, William Funderburk3, Guy Wilburn Jeter Jr4, Ervin G. Otvos4,5, Kelly L Lucas6 and Nathan L. Hopper7, (1)University of Southern Mississippi, Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences, Long Beach, MS, United States, (2)Organization Not Listed, Washington, United States, (3)University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast Geospatial Center, Long Beach, MS, United States, (4)University of Southern Mississippi, Long Beach, MS, United States, (5)University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS, United States, (6)Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Biloxi, MS, United States, (7)Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States