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Between a Reef and a Hard Place: Capacity to Map the Next Coral Reef Catastrophe
Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol.7, pp.1-9
2020
Abstract
Increasing sea surface temperature and extreme heat events pose the greatest threat to coral reefs globally, with trends exceeding previous norms. The resultant mass bleaching events, such as those evidenced on the Great Barrier Reef in 2016, 2017, and 2020 have substantial ecological costs in addition to economic and social costs. Advancing remote (nanosatellites, rapid revisit traditional satellites) and in-field (drones) technological capabilities, cloud data processing, and analysis, coupled with existing infrastructure and in-field monitoring programs, have the potential to provide cost-effective and timely information to managers allowing them to better understand changes on reefs and apply effective remediation. Within a risk management framework for monitoring coral bleaching, we present an overview of how remote sensing can be used throughout the whole risk management cycle and highlight the role technological advancement has in earth observations of coral reefs for bleaching events.
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- Title
- Between a Reef and a Hard Place: Capacity to Map the Next Coral Reef Catastrophe
- Authors
- Sharyn M. Hickey (Author) - The University of Western AustraliaBen Radford (Author) - The University of Western AustraliaChris M. Roelfsema (Author) - The University of QueenslandKaren E. Joyce (Author) - James Cook UniversityShaun K. Wilson (Author) - The University of Western AustraliaDaniel Marrable (Author) - Curtin UniversityKathryn Barker (Author) - Curtin UniversityMathew Wyatt (Author) - Australian Institute of Marine ScienceHarriet N. Davies (Author) - The University of Western AustraliaJavier X. Leon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science and Engineering - LegacyJohn Duncan (Author) - The University of Western AustraliaThomas H. Holmes (Author) - Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and AttractionsAlan J. Kendrick (Author) - Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and AttractionsJ. Nikolaus Callow (Author) - The University of Western AustraliaKathy Murray (Author) - Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
- Publication details
- Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol.7, pp.1-9
- Publisher
- Frontiers Research Foundation
- Date published
- 2020
- DOI
- 10.3389/fmars.2020.544290
- ISSN
- 2296-7745
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2020 Hickey, Radford, Roelfsema, Joyce, Wilson, Marrable, Barker, Wyatt, Davies, Leon, Duncan, Holmes, Kendrick, Callow and Murray. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99482288402621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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