Mapping Canopy-Forming Kelps in the Northeast Pacific: A Guidebook for Decision-Makers and Practitioners

10.21966/7ze4-x883

This guidebook provides an overview of optical remote sensing as it relates to mapping giant kelp and bull kelp. We describe optical remote sensing platforms and sensors pertinent to mapping and monitoring attributes of bull kelp and giant kelp beds - kelp presence/absence, density, species, and health. Recommendations found in this guidebook can also reasonably be applied to other floating, emergent canopy-forming kelp species (i.e. other kelp that float at the ocean’s surface). This guidebook provides monitoring guidance via infographics developed by an international community of kelp remote sensing experts. We illustrate a user-friendly framework based on the latest remote sensing science for matching a kelp monitoring objective(s) to the desired spatial scale and environmental setting. The goal of this guidebook is to help you, our reader, select the best remote sensing tools and data for your science and/or management directives related to kelp mapping. The guidebook is available in both English and Spanish.

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Mapping Canopy-Forming Kelps in the Northeast...HTML

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Mapeo de kelp formador de dosel en el Océano...HTML

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Metadata Reference Date(s) September 29, 2023 (Publication)
July 23, 2024 (Revision)
Data Reference Date(s) May 11, 2022 (Creation)
September 27, 2023 (Publication)
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Saccomanno, Vienna ORCID logo
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Bell, Tom ORCID logo
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Cavanaugh, Kyle ORCID logo
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