Landsat-8 based coastal ecosystem mapping in South Africa using random forest classification in Google Earth Engine

M Bessinger, M Lück-Vogel, A Skowno… - South African journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Coastlines worldwide are home to an increasing number of people and are subject to many
pressures. This, combined with natural dynamics and hazards, often results in the …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping coastal marine ecosystems of the National Park of Banc d'Arguin (PNBA) in Mauritania using Sentinel-2 imagery

A Pottier, T Catry, E Trégarot, JP Maréchal… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Coastal marine ecosystems ensure fundamental hydro-ecological functions and support
high levels of biodiversity, besides being an important resource for local populations. These …

Marine priority habitat mapping in a Mediterranean conservation area (Gyaros, South Aegean) through multi-platform marine remote sensing techniques

X Dimas, E Fakiris, D Christodoulou… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The aim of this study is to present the results of the first complete marine habitat mapping
through marine remote sensing techniques in Gyaros Island, a remote island in the …

Evaluating seagrass meadow dynamics by integrating field-based and remote sensing techniques

D Ivajnšič, M Orlando-Bonaca, D Donša, VJ Grujić… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Marine phanerogams are considered biological sentinels or indicators since any
modification in seagrass meadow distribution and coverage signals negative changes in the …

Performance of deep-sea habitat suitability models assessed using independent data, and implications for use in area-based management

KL Howell, AE Bridges, KP Graves, L Allcock… - Marine Ecology …, 2022 - int-res.com
Marine spatial management requires accurate data on species and habitat distributions. For
the deep sea, these data are lacking. Habitat suitability modelling offers a robust defensible …

Submerged macrophyte assessment in rivers: An automatic mapping method using Pléiades imagery

D Espel, S Courty, Y Auda, D Sheeren, A Elger - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Submerged macrophyte monitoring is a major concern for hydrosystem management,
particularly for understanding and preventing the potential impacts of global change on …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating ESA Sentinel-2 products' systematic cloud cover overestimation in very high altitude areas

D Tiede, M Sudmanns, H Augustin, A Baraldi - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cloud detection in optical remote sensing imagery is crucial because undetected clouds can
produce misleading results in analyses. Almost all optical remote sensing data access …

Critical habitats and biodiversity: inventory, thresholds and governance

AD Rogers, O Aburto-Oropeza, W Appeltans… - The Blue Compendium …, 2023 - Springer
Marine habitats are extremely valuable in many ways (eg, economically, culturally or for
subsistence) and provide many necessary services for humans (Costanza et al. 1997 …

Machine learning-based retrieval of benthic reflectance and Posidonia oceanica seagrass extent using a semi-analytical inversion of Sentinel-2 satellite data

D Traganos, P Reinartz - International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In the epoch of the human-induced climate change, seagrasses can mitigate the resulting
negative impacts due to their carbon sequestration ability. The endemic and dominant in the …

Submerged aquatic vegetation: Overview of monitoring techniques used for the identification and determination of spatial distribution in European coastal waters

C Lønborg, A Thomasberger… - Integrated …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal waters are highly productive and diverse ecosystems, often dominated by marine
submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) and strongly affected by a range of human pressures …