How much benthic information can be retrieved with hyperspectral sensor from the optically complex coastal waters?

E Vahtmäe, B Paavel, T Kutser - Journal of Applied Remote …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Baltic Sea represents an optically complex case 2 water type, where high
concentrations of water column constituents limit acquisition of benthic information. Different …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping spatial distribution, percent cover and biomass of benthic vegetation in optically complex coastal waters using hyperspectral CASI and multispectral …

E Vahtmäe, J Kotta, L Lõugas, T Kutser - International Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work assessed the capability of Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager (CASI) and
satellite multispectral Sentinel-2 image data for mapping the distribution, percent cover …

Classifying the Baltic Sea shallow water habitats using image-based and spectral library methods

E Vahtmäe, T Kutser - Remote Sensing, 2013 - mdpi.com
The structure of benthic macrophyte habitats is known to indicate the quality of coastal water.
Thus, a large-scale analysis of the spatial patterns of coastal marine habitats enables us to …

On the possibility to map submerged aquatic vegetation cover with Sentinel-2 in low-transparency waters

E Vahtmäe, K Toming, L Argus… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Modifications in submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) spatial and temporal abundance
patterns indicate changes in marine environmental conditions or physical disturbances and …

Predicting species cover of marine macrophyte and invertebrate species combining hyperspectral remote sensing, machine learning and regression techniques

J Kotta, T Kutser, K Teeveer, E Vahtmäe, M Pärnoja - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
In order to understand biotic patterns and their changes in nature there is an obvious need
for high-quality seamless measurements of such patterns. If remote sensing methods have …

Performance and applicability of water column correction models in optically complex coastal waters

E Vahtmäe, T Kutser, B Paavel - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Maps of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) are of primary importance for the sustainable
management of coastal areas and serve as a basis for fundamental ecological studies …

Habitat choice of the invasive Gammarus tigrinus and the native Gammarus salinus indicates weak interspecific competition

J Kotta, H Orav-Kotta, K Herkuel… - Boreal environment …, 2011 - search.proquest.com
Following the establishment of the invasive gammarid amphipod Gammarus tigrinus the
native gammarids almost disappeared from some habitats of the northeastern Baltic Sea …

Understanding the spatial distribution of subtidal reef assemblages in the southern Baltic Sea using towed camera platform imagery

K Beisiegel, A Darr, ML Zettler, R Friedland… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Quantitative sampling of sessile assemblages on temperate subtidal rocky reefs is
expensive and severely time-limited by logistics. However, knowledge about distribution …

Mapping Baltic Sea shallow water environments with airborne remote sensing

E Vahtmäe, T Kutser, J Kotta, M Pärnoja, T Möller… - Oceanology, 2012 - Springer
It is known that the structure of benthic macrophyte and invertebrate habitats indicate the
quality of coastal water. Thus, a large-scale analysis of the spatial patterns of coastal marine …

[PDF][PDF] Mapping bathymetry and shallow water benthic habitats in inland and coastal waters with Sentinel-2.

L Argus, T Kutser, B Paavel, M Ligi, C Giardino… - Journal of …, 2023 - core.ac.uk
Accurate determination of the water depth and benthic macroalgae composition in coastal
and inland water bodies is important due to the high commercial and ecological value of …