Anna Bakker

Articles

• 2024

  Remotely Sensed Spectral Variability Predicts Reef Fish Diversity

  Published in Ecological Indicators Abstract In terrestrial landscapes, the spectral variability hypothesis (SVH) enables estimation of species diversity from satellite data, thereby allowing biodiversity assessments to be upscaled. Whether the SVH works in the marine realm is an open question. …

• 2024

  Remotely sensed habitat diversity predicts species diversity on coral reefs

  Published in Remote Sensing of Environment  Abstract The ability to map coral reef biodiversity from orbit would greatly advance marine spatial planning. Presently, reef biodiversity is measured in situ by divers, but this method is inefficient and expensive. Remote sensing techniques …

• 2022

  Heat, human, hydrodynamic, and habitat drivers measured from space correlate with metrics of reef health across the South Pacific

  Published in Coral Reefs Abstract Diver assessments can reveal much about coral reef condition, but fieldwork is expensive and challenging. To address this limitation to effective reef assessment, we identified predictive relationships between diver measurements of reef condition collected at 650 …

• 2021

  A New Model of Coral Reef Health

  Scientists have developed a new way to model and map the health of coral reef ecosystems using data collected on the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation’s Global Reef Expedition. This innovative method, presented today at the International Coral Reef …