Mapping of coral reefs with multispectral satellites: a review of recent papers

T Nguyen, B Liquet, K Mengersen, D Sous - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Coral reefs are an essential source of marine biodiversity, but they are declining at an
alarming rate under the combined effects of global change and human pressure. A precise …

Remote sensing the ocean biosphere

S Purkis, V Chirayath - Annual Review of Environment and …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
This article reviews the broad range of contemporary remote sensing technologies that can
access the ocean, while emphasizing next-generation ones that might revolutionize the field …

Earth observation for ecosystem accounting: spatially explicit national seagrass extent and carbon stock in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar

D Traganos, AP Pertiwi, CB Lee… - Remote Sensing in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Seagrass ecosystems are globally significant hot spots of blue carbon storage, coastal
biodiversity and coastal protection, rendering them a so‐called natural climate solution …

[HTML][HTML] Bahamian seagrass extent and blue carbon accounting using Earth observation

A Blume, AP Pertiwi, CB Lee… - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Seagrasses are among the world's most productive ecosystems due to their vast
'blue'carbon sequestration rates and stocks, yet have a largely untapped potential for climate …

Machine-learning for mapping and monitoring shallow coral reef habitats

C Burns, B Bollard, A Narayanan - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mapping and monitoring coral reef benthic composition using remotely sensed imagery
provides a large-scale inference of spatial and temporal dynamics. These maps have …

Coral reef applications of Landsat-8: geomorphic zonation and benthic habitat mapping of Xisha Islands, China

M He, J He, Y Zhou, L Sun, S He, C Liu… - GIScience & Remote …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Being one of the most significant and valuable coral reef systems in the South China Sea,
the Xisha Islands has undergone rapid transformation due to increasing stressors from …

Seagrass distribution, areal cover, and changes (1990–2021) in coastal waters off West-Central Florida, USA

L Lizcano-Sandoval, C Anastasiou, E Montes… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Seagrass meadows of West-Central Florida (USA), between 27° 3′ N–28° 12′ N;
82° 24′ W–82° 50′ W, are closely monitored by federal, state, and local groups for benthic …

Digitizing the coral reef: Machine learning of underwater spectral images enables dense taxonomic mapping of benthic habitats

D Schürholz, A Chennu - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reefs are the most biodiverse marine ecosystems, and host a wide range of taxonomic
diversity in a complex spatial community structure. Existing coral reef survey methods …

coastTrain: A global reference library for coastal ecosystems

NJ Murray, P Bunting, RF Canto, L Hilarides… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Estimating the distribution, extent and change of coastal ecosystems is essential for
monitoring global change. However, spatial models developed to estimate the distribution of …

How much shallow coral habitat is there on the Great Barrier Reef?

CM Roelfsema, MB Lyons, C Castro-Sanguino… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is a globally unique and precious national resource;
however, the geomorphic and benthic composition and the extent of coral habitat per reef …