[Coral-List] remote sensing question

[Peter J Mumby]

Dear Iain (and Coral-listers)

With respect to your remote sensing question, we recently published a review
article on the state of remote sensing for coral reef assessment and
management. The paper was produced by the Remote Sensing Working Group of
the World Bank/GEF Targeted Research Project on Coral Reefs. The citation
is:

Mumby PJ, Skirving W, Strong AE, Hardy JT, LeDrew EF, Hochberg EJ, Stumpf
RP, David LT (2004) Remote sensing of coral reefs and their physical
environment. Marine Pollution Bulletin 48: 219-228

I'd be happy to send a PDF to anyone that wants it.

With respect to your question of cost-effectiveness, you'll have to supply a
little more information (e.g. size of area, clarity of the water, precise
mapping objectives). Cost-benefit analyses for satellite versus airborne
data were included in a couple of papers (listed on the website below) but I
haven't seen a cost-benefit analysis for acoustic methods.

All the best

Pete

Dr Peter J Mumby
Royal Society Research Fellow
Corresponding Secretary, ISRS

Marine Spatial Ecology Lab
School of Biological Sciences
Hatherly Laboratory
Prince of Wales Road
University of Exeter
Exeter
Devon
EX4 4PS
UK

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Research: http://www.ex.ac.uk/msel
Coral Reef Group at Exeter: http://www.ex.ac.uk/celp
Remote sensing book: http://www.unesco.org/csi/pub/source/rs.htm
Education resources: http://www.sc1.ac.uk/interactive/deep/
International Society for Reef Studies: http://www.fit.edu/isrs/