Remote Sensing of Lake Ecology
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Ecological Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (2 February 2022) | Viewed by 684
Special Issue Editors
Interests: remote sensing; freshwater ecology; catchment management; limnology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Lakes are one of the most endangered ecosystems on the planet with key threats originating from land-use change, climate change and invasive species. The scale and level of interactions of such pressures varies. While in some regions many lakes may be recovering from eutrophication, climate change can present new challenges. Variations in temperature and precipitation can profoundly affect the hydrological functioning of the lake and its catchment. Together with changes in thermal structure, ice formation and lake level the effect on lake ecological functioning can be significant. In this regard, lakes are key sentinels for environmental change at both local and global levels.
The European Union’s Copernicus Programme and the new generation of hyperspectral sensors (e.g., PRISMA, DESIS, FLEX) provide new opportunities for monitoring aquatic environments. For example, besides the more common estimation of phytoplankton bloom extent and duration, direct estimation of the area of lakes colonised by emergent and floating vegetation has proven possible with the advances in remote sensing, particularly hyperspectral high resolution imagery. In addition, because Earth observation data provides unique information on the relative absorbance and reflectance across the light spectra important for photosynthesis the information can be used in advanced statistical approaches to estimate lake ecological health when validated against in situ metrics. Earth observation tools have been identified as a key component of the future evolution of water management approaches such as the EU’s Water Framework Directive in helping to standardise and contribute to confidence in assessment across Europe.
This special issue welcomes articles dedicated to remote sensing applications for assessing any aspects of lake ecology such as phytoplankton abundance and composition, algal blooms, macrophyte density and composition, phenology, zonal habitat diversity and aspects focusing on the integration with field data and information management strategies. Applications can be at local, regional or global scales. Studies should ideally include comparisons with in situ assessments of lake ecology.
Dr. Gary Free
Dr. Carmen Cillero
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Earth Observation
- Phytoplankton
- Chlorophyll
- Assessment
- Ecological
- Macrophytes
- Climate Change
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