Estimating regional coral reef calcium carbonate production from remotely sensed seafloor maps

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 201, Issue , 2017, Pages 88-98

  Hamylton, Sarah M ^a   Duce, Stephanie ^b,c   Vila Concejo, Ana ^b   Roelfsema, Chris M ^d   Phinn, Stuart R ^d   Carvalho, Rafael C ^a   Shaw, Emily C ^e   Joyce, Karen E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic change; Calcification; Carbonate production; Climate change; Coral reef; Ocean acidification; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CALCIUM; CARBONATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; REEFS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES;

BENTHIC CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL REEF; CRUSTOSE CORALLINE ALGAE; GREAT BARRIER REEF; OCEAN ACIDIFICATIONS; SEAWATER CHEMISTRY; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY;

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORAL REEF; CORALLINE ALGA; GROWTH RATE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEAFLOOR; SEAWATER;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; QUEENSLAND;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; HALIMEDA;

EID: 85029187051     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2017.08.034     Document Type: Article

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