outreach & publications

Xu, Y., N.R. Vaughn, D.E. Knapp, R.E. Martin, C. Balzotti, J. Li, S.A. Foo, and G.P. Asner. 2020. Coral bleaching detection in the Hawaiian Islands using spatio-temporal standardized bottom reflectance and Planet Dove satellites. Remote Sensing 12, 3219. doi:10.3390/rs12193219.
Foo, S. A., Asner, G. P. 2020. Impacts of remotely sensed environmental drivers on coral outplant survival. Restoration Ecology. doi: 10.1111/rec.13309.
Asner, G.P., N.R. Vaughn, J. Heckler, D.E. Knapp, C. Balzotti, E. Shafron, R.E. Martin, B.J. Neilson, and J.M. Gove. 2020. Large-scale mapping of live corals to guide reef conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences doi:10.1073/pnas.2017628117.

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2019 Publications

Foo, S.A. and G.P. Asner. 2019. Scaling up coral reef restoration using remote sensing technology. Frontiers in Marine Science 6: 79.
Li, J.; S.R. Schill; D.E. Knapp; G.P. Asner. 2019. Object-Based Mapping of Coral Reef Habitats Using Planet Dove Satellites. Remote Sensing 11: 1445.
Li, J.; D.E. Knapp; S.R. Schill; C. Roelfsema; S. Phinn; M. Silman; J. Mascaro; G.P. Asner. 2019. Adaptive bathymetry estimation for shallow coastal waters using Planet Dove satellites. Remote Sensing of Environment 232: 111302

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2020 Publications

Asner, G.P., N.R. Vaughn, C. Balzotti, P.G. Brodrick, and J. Heckler. 2020. High-resolution reef bathymetry and coral habitat complexity from airborne imaging spectroscopy. Remote Sensing 12:310. doi:10.3390/rs12020310.
Li J., N.S. Fabina, D.E. Knapp, G.P. Asner. The Sensitivity of Multi-spectral Satellite Sensors to Benthic Habitat Change. Remote Sensing. 2020, 12, 532.
Lyons, M.B., C.M. Roelfsema, E.V. Kennedy, E.M. Kovacs, R. Borrego-Acevedo, K. Markey, M. Roe, D.M. Yuwono, D.L. Harris, S.R. Phinn, G.P. Asner, J. Li, D.E. Knapp, N.S. Fabina, K. Larsen, D. Traganos, and N.J. Murray. 2020. Mapping the world’s coral reefs using a global multiscale earth observation framework. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. doi:10.1002/rse2.157.
Foo, S. A., Asner, G. P. 2020. Sea surface temperature in coral reef restoration outcomes. Environmental Research Letters 15: 074045.
Foo, S.A., W.J. Walsh, J. Lecky, S. Marcoux, and G.P. Asner. 2020. Impacts of pollution, fishing pressure, and reef rugosity on resource fish biomass in West Hawaii. Ecological Applications. doi:10.1002/EAP.2213.
Li, J., D.E. Knapp, N.S. Fabina, E.V. Kennedy, K. Larsen, M.B. Lyons, N.J. Murray, S.R. Phinn, C.M. Roelfsema, and G.P. Asner. 2020. A global coral reef probability map generated using convolutional neural networks. Coral Reefs. doi:10.1007/s00338-020-02055-6.
Xu, Y., N.R. Vaughn, D.E. Knapp, R.E. Martin, C. Balzotti, J. Li, S.A. Foo, and G.P. Asner. 2020. Coral bleaching detection in the Hawaiian Islands using spatio-temporal standardized bottom reflectance and Planet Dove satellites. Remote Sensing 12, 3219. doi:10.3390/rs12193219.
Foo, S. A., Asner, G. P. 2020. Impacts of remotely sensed environmental drivers on coral outplant survival. Restoration Ecology. doi: 10.1111/rec.13309.
Asner, G.P., N.R. Vaughn, J. Heckler, D.E. Knapp, C. Balzotti, E. Shafron, R.E. Martin, B.J. Neilson, and J.M. Gove. 2020. Large-scale mapping of live corals to guide reef conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1073/pnas.2017628117.

2019 Publications

Foo, S.A. and G.P. Asner. 2019. Scaling up coral reef restoration using remote sensing technology. Frontiers in Marine Science 6: 79.
Li, J.; S.R. Schill; D.E. Knapp; G.P. Asner. 2019. Object-Based Mapping of Coral Reef Habitats Using Planet Dove Satellites. Remote Sensing 11: 1445.
Li, J.; D.E. Knapp; S.R. Schill; C. Roelfsema; S. Phinn; M. Silman; J. Mascaro; G.P. Asner. 2019. Adaptive bathymetry estimation for shallow coastal waters using Planet Dove satellites. Remote Sensing of Environment 232: 111302.
Maximenko, N., et al. 2019. Toward the Integrated Marine Debris Observing System. Frontiers in Marine Science 6(447). doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00.
R.R. Carlson, S.A. Foo, G.P. Asner. Land use impacts on coral reef health: a ridge-to-reef perspective. Frontiers in Marine Science
Gove, J.M., J.L. Whitney, M.A. McManus, J. Lecky, F.C. Carvalho, J.M. Lynch, J. Li, P. Neubauer, K.A. Smith, J.E. Phipps, D.R. Kobayashi, K.B. Balagso, E.A. Contreras, M.E. Manuel, M.A. Merrifield, J.J. Polovina, G.P. Asner, J.A. Maynard, and G.J. Williams. Prey-size plastics are invading larval fish nurseries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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long term human impacts on reef fish

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Sea surface temperature has a big impact on coral outplant survival

Hawaiian reefs lost almost half their fish to pollution and fishing

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