High Resolution Landscape (2-D) Mosaics for Improved Coral Reef Monitoring Capability

Abstract

The overall objective of this project was to demonstrate the utility of underwater image mosaics for coral reef monitoring. The problem of efficiently mapping and monitoring coral reef resources has relevance to the DoD for several reasons. First, at least 46 US military facilities have adjacent coral reef sites. Second, federal policy mandates that DoD characterize, assess, and monitor underwater benthic communities at these sites to ensure that DoD operations do not lead to natural resource degradation. Third, coral reef ecosystems worldwide are presently threatened by increasing levels of both human and natural disturbance. Thus, monitoring efforts that can efficiently provide data that will help distinguish between reef degradation that can be directly attributed to DoD activities versus those that that are correlated with region-wide decline are of primary concern.

Document Details

• Document Type: Technical Report
• Publication Date: Aug 31, 2020
• Accession Number: AD1135448

Entities

People

• Cheryl A. Cooke
• R. P. Reid
• William Wild

Organizations

• Naval Information Warfare Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Biomedical
• Engineered Resilient Systems
• Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Accuracy
• Atmospheric Sciences
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
• Basic Programming Language
• Cameras
• Coordinate Systems
• Cost Analysis
• Data Acquisition
• Data Science
• Databases
• Department Of Defense
• Divers
• Ecology
• Environment
• Fish
• Habitats
• Information Processing
• Information Science
• Information Systems
• Knowledge Management
• Marine Biology
• Naval Warfare
• Pattern Recognition
• Performance Tests
• Statistical Analysis
• Statistical Tests
• Surveys
• Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

• Environmental science

Readers

• Aquatic Ecology
• Defense Acquisition Program Management
• Medical Imaging.