Table 14.4
Characteristics of the types of coral reef and seagrass environments assessed in 80 scientific publications on coral reef and seagrass mapping
using remote sensing, listed with mapping area size, classification focus, sampling design for collecting validation data, sampling unit, and relative number
of samples collected ([50 or \50)
Area type
Total number of
papers
Sampling design reported
Reference
Environment type Area size
(km
2
)
Classification focus
Sampling scheme
Sampling
Unit
Number
of
samples
Coral Seagrass Geomorphic
Stratified
random
Stratified not
random
random Point area [50 \50
Coral reef environments
Barrier, platform,
fringing
-10
10–100
2
2
1
1
1
2
[7, 8]
100–360
1
1
1
1
1
[18]
3601
3
4
1
1
1
[34, 67, 74, 75]
Barrier, platform
-10
3
1
4
1
2
1
2
2
[1, 23, 37, 38]
10–100
7
1
8
4
1
2
3
1
4
[16, 25, 38, 45, 49, 53, 62, 69]
100–360
1
1
2
[30, 63]
360Fringing reef
-10
8
1
9
3
1
1
5
1
4
[2, 4, 6, 22, 24, 36, 55, 56, 72]
10–100
12
1
1
14
2
4
2
9
1
7
[11, 14, 15, 27, 28, 32, 41, 42, 43, 54,
57, 58, 59, 61]
100–360
2
2
1
2
1
[47, 64]
360Lagoon
-10
1
1
1
1
1
[21]
10–100
3
3
1
2
1
3
[10, 46, 68]
100–360
2
1
3
1
1
[33, 71, 78]
3601
1
1
1
1
[51]
Segrass environment
-10
4
4
2
1
3
1
3
[3, 5, 35, 52]
10–100
1
9
10
2
2
5
3
2
4
[9, 12, 13, 26, 40, 44, 60, 70, 76, 77]
100–360
1
6
7
2
1
1
2
1
[17, 29, 48, 65, 73, 79, 80]
3605
5
1
1
3
1
2
[19, 20, 31, 50, 66]
Total
44
29
7
80
19
16
5
36
17
15
28
14 Validation
387