REMOTE SENSING FOR COASTAL ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT

By OLIVIA HERNANDEZ

CONTENTS REMOTE SENSING, GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES AND COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS PART I CONCEPTUAL AND TECHNICAL ISSUES SENSORS AND TECHNIQUES FOR OBSERVING COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS FOR COASTAL ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT FUZZY APPROACH FOR INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURES FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS PART II REMOTE SENSING OF COASTAL WATERS AIRBORNE REMOTE SENSING OF CHLOROPHYLL IN CHESAPEAKE BAY, USA BIO-OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND REMOTE SENSING IN THE MID CHESAPEAKE BAY THROUGH INTEGRATION OF OBSERVATIONS AND RADIATIVE TRANSFER CLOSURE PART III MAPPING SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATION AND BENTHIC HABITATS HIGH-RESOLUTION OCEAN COLOR REMOTE SENSING OF CORAL REEFS AND ASSOCIATED BENTHIC HABITATS AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO BENTHIC HABITAT MAPPING USING REMOTE SENSING AND GIS: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ASSESSMENT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF SUBMERSED AQUATIC VEGETATION (SAV) COMMUNITIES IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND ITS USE IN SAV MANAGEMENT DISTRIBUTION AND SPATIAL CHANGE OF HUDSON RIVER ESTUARY SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR COASTAL MANAGEMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION MAPPING MARINE MACROPHYTES ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF TIERRA DEL FUEGO (ARGENTINA) BY REMOTE SENSING PART IV SHORELINE CHANGE, COASTAL WETLAND AND WATERSHED CHARACTERIZATION SHORELINE MAPPING AND COASTAL CHANGE STUDIES USING REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY AND LIDAR DATA REMOTE SENSING OF COASTAL MANGROVE FOREST REMOTE SENSING SUPPORT FOR TIDAL WETLAND VEGETATION RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT OF COASTAL-VEGETATION HABITATS USING AIRBORNE LASER REMOTE SENSING MEASURING HABITAT CHANGES IN BARRIER ISLAND MARSHES: AN EXAMPLE FROM SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA, USA MAPPING FIRE SCARS AND MARSH RECOVERY WITH REMOTE SENSING DATA RESPONSE OF REED MUD?ATS IN THE CASPIAN COASTAL ZONE TO SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS INTEGRATING SATELLITE IMAGERY AND GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR COASTAL LANDSCAPE PATTERN CHARACTERIZATION PART V INTEGRATED COASTAL ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT REMOTE SENSING AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF WATERSHED AND ESTUARINE PROCESSES FOR CONSERVATION PLANNING IN ELKHORN SLOUGH, MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RUNOFF WATER QUALITY, LANDUSE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON THE BELLAIRS FRINGING REEF, BARBADOS