Coral reefs are in decline worldwide and monitoring activities are important for assessing
the impact of disturbance on reefs and tracking subsequent recovery or decline. Monitoring …

When characterizing the processes that shape ecosystems, ecologists increasingly use the
unique perspective offered by repeat observations of remotely sensed imagery. However …

Technical advancements have widened the limits of remote sensing in map** shallow
water benthic habitats and bathymetry over the last decades. On the other hand, the needs …

Since the early 1980s, episodes of coral reef bleaching and mortality, due primarily to
climate-induced ocean warming, have occurred almost annually in one or more of the …

This review evaluates various methods employed to produce seagrass habitat maps using
optical and acoustic remote-sensing (RS) techniques coupled with in situ sampling to …

This book discusses the fundamentals of land-use and land-cover characterization,
map**, and monitoring using remote sensing technology. After covering the basic …

Management areas are used in marine spatial planning to conserve biodiversity of marine
ecosystems and to protect fish from fishing pressure. To evaluate the effectiveness of these …

Satellite data offer unrivaled utility in monitoring and quantifying large scale land cover
change over time. Radiometric consistency among collocated multi-temporal imagery is …

Ten IKONOS images of different coral reef sites distributed around the world were processed
to assess the potential of 4-m resolution multispectral data for coral reef habitat map** …

There has been a vast improvement in access to remotely sensed data in just a few recent
years. This revolution of information is the result of heavy investment in new technology by …