Continuous monitoring of coastal water qualities is critical for water resource management
and marine ecosystem sustainability. While remote sensing data such as Sentinel-2 satellite …

Three-dimensional shallow benthic complexity (also known as benthic rugosity) reflects the
physical conditions of shallow coral reefs environments and can be used to estimate fish …

As cyanobacteria blooms occur in many types of inland water, routine monitoring that is fast
and accurate is important for environment and drinking water protection. Compared to field …

The seagrass Posidonia oceanica is the main habitat-forming species of the coastal
Mediterranean, providing millennial-scale ecosystem services including habitat …

Seagrasses provide ecosystem services worth USD 2.28 trillion annually. However, their
direct threats and our incomplete knowledge hamper our capabilities to protect and manage …

Kelp forests are highly productive and diverse coastal marine ecosystems which have high
variability in extent and biomass spatially and through time. Mapping and monitoring their …

We are in the midst of a revolution in satellite technology, with the rapid development and
advancement of small satellites (or SmallSats, ie, satellites< 180 kg). Here, we review the …

The anchoring of large recreational craft constitutes one of the main threats in shallow
marine habitats. In the Mediterranean, this activity has seen constant development during …

Seagrass ecosystems are globally significant hot spots of blue carbon storage, coastal
biodiversity and coastal protection, rendering them a so‐called natural climate solution …

Reliable, accurate, and timely information about oceans is important for many applications,
including water resource management, hydrological cycle monitoring, environmental …