A5023915988- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Marine and fisheries research
- International Maritime Law Issues
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
- Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
- Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Forest ecology and management
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Marine animal studies overview
- Cruise Tourism Development and Management
- Remote-Sensing Image Classification
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
The Nature Conservancy
2014-2024
Brigham Young University
2023
Sonoma Technology (United States)
2022
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2016-2018
University of California, San Diego
2014-2018
California State University, Fullerton
2012
University of South Carolina
1998-2001
The principles of systematic conservation planning are now widely used by governments and non-government organizations alike to develop biodiversity plans for countries, states, regions, ecoregions. Many the species ecosystems these were designed conserve being affected climate change, there is a critical need incorporate new complementary approaches into that will aid in adjusting potential change impacts. We propose five adaptation can be integrated existing or plans: (1) conserving...
Abstract In an effort to increase conservation effectiveness through the use of Earth observation technologies, a group remote sensing scientists affiliated with government and academic institutions organizations identified 10 questions in for which potential be answered would greatly increased by remotely sensed data analyses those data. Our goals were practitioners’ support their work, collaboration between science communities, identify develop new innovative uses advancing science,...
Making decisions and efficiently allocating resources to reduce the vulnerability of coastal communities requires, among other things, an understanding factors that make a society vulnerable climate hazards. One way doing this is through analysis spatial data. We demonstrate how apply GIS methods spatially represent socioeconomic in Grenada, tropical small island developing state (SIDS) Eastern Caribbean. Our model combines features representing variables social sensitivity, community...
We integrated coral reef connectivity data for the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico into a conservation decision-making framework designing regional scale marine protected area (MPA) network that provides insight ecological political contexts. used an ocean circulation model to simulate eight spawning events from 2008–2011, applying maximum 30-day pelagic larval duration 20% mortality rate. Coral dispersal patterns were analyzed between reefs across jurisdictional zones identify spatial...
Global shallow water bathymetry maps offer critical information to inform activities such as scientific research, environment protection, and marine transportation. Methods that employ satellite-based bathymetric modeling provide an alternative conventional shipborne measurements, offering high spatial resolution combined with extensive coverage. We developed automated mapping approach based on the Sentinel-2 surface reflectance dataset in Google Earth Engine. created a new method for...
Aerosol particles influence global climate by determining cloud droplet number concentrations, brightness, and lifetime. Primary aerosol particles, such as those produced from breaking waves in the ocean, display large particle-particle variability chemical composition, morphology, physical phase state, all of which affect ability individual to accommodate water grow into droplets. Despite diversity molecular there is a paucity methods available assess how chemistry translates corresponding...
Climate change and population growth are degrading coastal ecosystems increasing risks to communities infrastructure. Reliance on seawalls other types of hardened shorelines is unsustainable in an era rising seas, given the costs build maintain these structures their unintended consequences ecosystems. This especially true for that depend marine livelihoods sustenance. Protecting restoring coral reefs forests can be lower cost, sustainable alternatives shoreline protection. However,...
High spatial resolution benthic habitat information is essential for coral reef protection and coastal environmental management. Satellite-based shallow composition mapping offers a more efficient approach than traditional field measurements, especially given the advancements in high temporal satellite imagery. The Planet Dove constellation now has 150 instruments orbit that offer daily coverage at (3.7 m). provides regularly updated imagery can minimize cloud tropical oceans where dense...
There is a growing need for improved techniques to monitor coral reef restoration as these ecosystems and the goods services they provide continue decline under threats of anthropogenic activity climate change. Given difficulty fine-scale requirements survival spread outplanted branching fragments, Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UASs) an ideal platform spatially document quantitatively track growth patterns on shallow systems. We present findings from monitoring combining UAS data with...
Seagrass beds provide tremendous services to society, including the storage of carbon, with important implications for climate change mitigation. Prioritizing conservation this valuable natural capital is global significance, and seagrass in carbon markets through projects that minimize loss, increase area or restore degraded areas represents a mechanism towards end. Using newly available Caribbean distribution data, we estimated region calculated economic valuations total ecosystem storage....
The ability to quantify nature's value for tourism has significant implications natural resource management and sustainable development policy. This is especially true in the Eastern Caribbean, where many countries are embracing concept of Blue Economy. utilization user-generated content (UGC) understand tourist activities preferences, including use artificial intelligence machine learning approaches, remains at early stages application. work describes a new effort which modelled mapped...
Satellite image-based mapping of tropical forests is vital to conservation planning. Standard methods for automated image classification, however, limit classification detail in complex landscapes. In this study, we test an approach Landsat interpretation on four islands the Lesser Antilles, including Grenada and St. Kitts, Nevis Eustatius, testing a more detailed than earlier work latter three islands. Secondly, estimate extents land cover protected forest by formation five ask how has...
Field measurements have shown that sub-micrometer sea spray aerosol (SSA) is significantly enriched in organic material, of which a large fraction has been attributed to soluble saccharides. Existing mechanistic models SSA production struggle replicate the observed enhancement material. Here, we assess role for divalent cation mediated co-adsorption charged surfactants and saccharides enrichment material SSA. Using particle supersaturated hygroscopicity, calculate volume fractions molecular...
In the effort to design a more repeatable and consistent platform collect data for Structure from Motion (SfM) monitoring of coral reefs other benthic habitats, we explore use recent advances in open source Global Positioning System (GPS)-guided drone technology test low-cost transportable small unmanned surface vehicle (sUSV). The operates using Ardupilot software can be used by local scientists marine managers map monitor environments shallow areas (<20 m) with commensurate visibility....
Deep learning techniques are increasingly being recognized as effective image classifiers. Aside from their successful performance in past studies, the accuracies have varied complex environments, comparison with popularly of applied machine This study seeks to explore feasibility using a U-Net deep architecture classify bi-temporal, high-resolution, county-scale aerial images determine spatial extent and changes land cover classes that directly or indirectly impact tidal marsh. The set used...
Tropical coastal and marine ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to ocean warming, acidification, sea-level rise. Yet these projected climate change impacts rarely considered in conservation planning due the lack of guidance on how existing models, tools, data can be applied. Here, we address this gap by describing use available tools for assessing vulnerability tropical key threats. Additionally, identify limitations provide recommendations future research improve integration information...