Researchers Use Satellites to Analyze Global Reef Biodiversity (IMAGE)

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

Researchers Use Satellites to Analyze Global Reef Biodiversity

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Satellite imagery of the Neulka Islands (New Caledonia), along with the three types of satellite-derived habitat maps considered in our study. (a) True-color image from Maxar WorldView-2. The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation Global Reef Expedition (“GRE”) benthic habitat maps for the Neulka Islands at 4×4 m resolution (b) contain 14 of the total 37 Indo-Pacific classes.

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Bakker, et.al.

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