Performance Evaluation of CRW Reef-Scale and Broad-Scale SST-Based Coral Monitoring Products in Fringing Reef Systems of Tobago
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Study Area
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Satellite Data
2.2. In Situ Data
Buccoo Reef | Culloden | Speyside | |
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50 km SST | 11.5° N | 11.5° N | 11.5° N |
61.0° W | 61.0° W | 61.0° W | |
5 km SST | 11.175° N | 11.225° N | 11.325° N |
60.825° W | 60.725° W | 60.525° W | |
IST at 5 m depth | 11.18689° N | 11.24894° N | 11.30225° N |
60.83178° W | 60.74867° W | 60.51944° W |
2.3. In Situ and Satellite Data Comparison
2.4. Calculated Thermal Stress Variations Using 50 km and 5 km SST Datasets
2.5. Bleaching Surveys
Buccoo Reef | Culloden | Speyside |
---|---|---|
Diploria strigosa (1) | Diplora strigosa (5) | Agaricia lamarcki (1) |
Millepora alcicornis (1) | Montastraea cavernosa (2) | Diploria strigosa (3) |
Montastraea annularis (6) | Montastraea faveolata (2) | Millepora alcicornis (1) |
Porites porites (1) | Porites astreoides (1) | Millepora complanata (1) |
Siderastrea radians (1) | Porites porites (2) | |
Siderastrea radians (2) |
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. In Situ Water Temperature during 2014 for Buccoo Reef, Culloden and Speyside, Tobago
3.2. Comparison of in Situ Temperature with CRW 50 km and 5 km SST Data
3.3. Coral Bleaching Surveys and Thermal Stress Products for the Southern Caribbean
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Mohammed, S.S.; Heron, S.F.; Mahabir, R.; Clarke, R.M. Performance Evaluation of CRW Reef-Scale and Broad-Scale SST-Based Coral Monitoring Products in Fringing Reef Systems of Tobago. Remote Sens. 2016, 8, 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8010012
Mohammed SS, Heron SF, Mahabir R, Clarke RM. Performance Evaluation of CRW Reef-Scale and Broad-Scale SST-Based Coral Monitoring Products in Fringing Reef Systems of Tobago. Remote Sensing. 2016; 8(1):12. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8010012
Chicago/Turabian StyleMohammed, Shaazia S., Scott F. Heron, Rajindra Mahabir, and Ricardo M. Clarke. 2016. "Performance Evaluation of CRW Reef-Scale and Broad-Scale SST-Based Coral Monitoring Products in Fringing Reef Systems of Tobago" Remote Sensing 8, no. 1: 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8010012