6.2.5 Maintaining the mapping program
243
7. Future Developments for Monitoring Coastal and Coral Reef
Environments Using Remotely Sensed Data
246
7.1 Current Status of Remotely Sensed Data/Processing Techniques
for Monitoring Change in Coastal and Coral Reef Ecosystems
246
8 . R e f e r e n c e s
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Chapter 11
MAPPING OF CORAL REEFS FOR MANAGEMENT OF MARINE
PROTECTED AREAS IN DEVELOPING NATIONS USING REMOTE
SENSING
CANDACE M. NEWMAN, ELLSWORTH F. LEDREW, AND ALAN LIM
1. Introduction
251
2. Effective Management as a Response to the Coral Reef ‘Crisis’
252
2.1 Coral reef marine protected areas as a management model
254
2.2 Marine protected area defined
254
2.3 A cornerstone of marine protected areas
255
3. Mapping Coral Reef Environments
255
3.1 Aerial photography versus digital imagery
256
3.2 Past and present sensors
257
3.3 Advancements in mapping techniques
257
3.3.1 Defining reef environments
262
3.3.2 Using the spectral signature for class discrimination
262
3.3.3 Designing the field survey
264
3.3.4 Capitalizing on multi-temporal coverage
266
3.4 Obstacles to successful mapping of coral reefs
268
4. Management Applications of Remotely Sensed Information
269
4.1 Communication of remote sensing information
269
4.2 Obstacles to successful communication of remotely sensed information
269
4.3 Importance of incorporating local knowledge
270
4.3.1 Building an image with local input
271
4.4 Remote sensing for management: A case study in Savusavu Bay, Fiji
272
5. Conclusions
274
6 . R e f e r e n c e s
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Chapter 12
DATA SYNTHESIS FOR COASTAL AND CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM
MANAGEMENT AT REGIONAL AND GLOBAL SCALES
JULIE A. ROBINSON, SERGE ANDRÉFOUËT AND LAURETTA BURKE
1. Introduction: The Need for Synthesis Information in Management
279
2. Global Datasets Derived from Primarily Cartographic Origins
280
2.1 World Vector Shoreline data
285
2.2 WCMC maps of reefs, mangroves, and MPAs
285
2.3 World Wildlife Fund global ecoregions
287
3. Global Datasets Derived from Satellite Remote Sensing
287
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