Reef Cover, a coral reef classification for global habitat mapping from remote sensing.

ABSTRACT: Coral reef management and conservation stand to benefit from improved high-resolution global mapping. Yet classifications underpinning large-scale reef mapping to date are typically poorly defined, not shared or region-specific, limiting end-users' ability to interpret outputs. Here we present Reef Cover, a coral reef geomorphic zone classification, developed to support both producers and end-users of global-scale coral reef habitat maps, in a transparent and version-based framework. Scalable classes were created by focusing on attributes that can be observed remotely, but whose membership rules also reflect deep knowledge of reef form and functioning. Bridging the divide between earth observation data and geo-ecological knowledge of reefs, Reef Cover maximises the trade-off between applic

SUBMITTER: Kennedy EV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8329285 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature