1. Remote Sensing, Geospatial Technologies and Coastal
Ecosystems .................................................. 1
Xiaojun Yang
Part I. Conceptual and Technical Issues
2. Sensors and Techniques for Observing Coastal Ecosystems .... 17
Victor V. Klemas
3. Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis for
Coastal Ecosystem Research and Management .................. 45
Jialing Wang, Libin Zhou and Xiaojun Yang
4. Fuzzy Approach for Integrated Coastal Zone Management ...... 67
Tao Cheng, Martien Molenaar and Alfred Stein
5. Spatial Data Infrastructures for Coastal Environments ...... 91
Dawn J. Wright
Part II. Remote Sensing of Coastal Waters
6. Airborne Remote Sensing of Chlorophyll in
Chesapeake Bay, USA ....................................... 115
Lawrence W. Harding, Jr. and W. David Miller
7. Bio-Optical Characteristics and Remote Sensing in the Mid
Chesapeake Bay Through Integration of Observations and
Radiative Transfer Closure ................................ 139
Maria Tzortziou, Charles L. Gallegos, Patrick J.
Neale, Ajit Subramaniam, Jay R. Herman and
Lawrence W. Harding, Jr.
Part III. Mapping Submerged Aquatic Vegetation and
Benthic Habitats
8. High-Resolution Ocean Color Remote Sensing of Coral
Reefs and Associated Benthic Habitats ..................... 171
Deepak R. Mishra
9. An Integrated Approach to Benthic Habitat Mapping Using
Remote Sensing and GIS: An Example from the Hawaiian
Islands ................................................... 211
Ann E. Gibbs and Susan A. Cochran
10. Assessment of the Abundance of Submersed Aquatic
Vegetation (SAV) Communities in the Chesapeake Bay
and its Use in SAV Management ............................. 233
Kenneth A. Moore, Robert J. Orth and David J. Wilcox
11. Distribution and Spatial Change of Hudson River Estuary
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation: Implications for Coastal
Management and Natural Resource Protection ................ 259
William C. Nieder, Susan Hoskins, Stephen D. Smith
and Stuart E.G. Findlay
12. Mapping Marine Macrophytes along the Atlantic Coast of
Tierra Del Fuego (Argentina) by Remote Sensing ............ 279
Sandra E. Torrusio
Part IV. Shoreline Change, Coastal Wetland and Watershed
Characterization
13. Shoreline Mapping and Coastal Change Studies Using
Remote Sensing Imagery and LIDAR Data ..................... 297
Hongxing Liu
14. Remote Sensing of Coastal Mangrove Forest ................. 323
Le Wang and Wayne P. Sousa
15. Remote Sensing Support for Tidal Wetland Vegetation
Research and Management ................................... 341
Maggi Kelly and Karin Tuxen
16. Assessment of Coastal-Vegetation Habitats Using Airborne
Laser Remote Sensing ...................................... 365
Amar Nayegandhi and John C. Brock
17. Measuring Habitat Changes in Barrier Island Marshes: An
Example from Southeastern North Carolina, USA ............. 391
Joanne N. Halls
18. Mapping Fire Scars and Marsh Recovery with Remote
Sensing Data .............................................. 415
Elijah Ramsey III, Amina Rangoonwala, Frank Baarnes
and Ruth Spell
19. Response of Reed Mudflats in the Caspian Coastal Zone
to Sea Level Fluctuations ................................. 439
Valentina I. Kravtsova
20. Integrating Satellite Imagery and Geospatial
Technologies for Coastal Landscape Pattern
Characterization .......................................... 461
Xiaojun Yang
Part V. Integrated Coastal Ecosystem Assessment
21. Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis of Watershed and
Estuarine Processes for Conservation Planning in
Elkhorn Slough, Monterey County, California ............... 495
Kristin B. Byrd
22. Runoff Water Quality, Landuse and Environmental Impacts
on the Bellairs Fringing Reef, Barbados ................... 521
Marko Tosic, Robert B. Bonnell, Pierre Dutilleul and
Hazel A. Oxenford
Index ......................................................... 555
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