Report
Habitats and biodiversity of the Ningaloo Reef lagoon and adjacent coastal areas with hyperspectral imagery
Ningaloo Collaboration Cluster Final Report
No.1b, Murdoch University
2011
Abstract
The information provided by the remote sensing data was used to detect and map the distribution of seabed habitats such as sand, limestone pavement, rubble, macroalgae, hard and soft coral as well as different coral growth forms, and a classification was allocated. The classifications were then checked against information collected from previous biodiversity studies that included habitat information from nearly 3,500 points in the Ningaloo lagoon. Information about the depth contours were also obtained from the data and used to model how depth changes throughout the lagoon and to understand the distribution of seabed habitat cover. In coastal areas the aim was to map the network of roads and tracks, describe the vegetation cover and map areas which have low or no vegetative cover. This work has shown that it is possible to map coral reef habitats over large areas using remote sensing and this technique is well suited for semi-automated mapping tasks.
Details
- Title
- Habitats and biodiversity of the Ningaloo Reef lagoon and adjacent coastal areas with hyperspectral imagery
- Authors/Creators
- Halina Teresa KobrynKristine WoutersLynnath E Beckley
- Publication Details
- Ningaloo Collaboration Cluster Final Report
- Series
- No.1b
- Publisher
- Murdoch University
- Number of pages
- 210
- Identifiers
- 9780869059517; 991005579379307891
- Copyright
- © 2011 CSIRO
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Centre for Terrestrial Ecosystem Science and Sustainability; Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems; School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Report
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