Satellite SST-Based Coral Disease Outbreak Predictions for the Hawaiian Archipelago

Satellite SST-Based Coral Disease Outbreak Predictions for the Hawaiian Archipelago

Predicting wildlife disease risk is essential for effective monitoring and management, especially for geographically expansive ecosystems such as coral reefs in the Hawaiian archipelago. Warming ocean temperature has increased coral disease outbreaks contributing to declines in coral cover worldwide...

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Main Authors: Jamie M. Caldwell, Scott F. Heron, C. Mark Eakin, Megan J. Donahue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-01-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
disease outbreaks
corals
SST metrics
cold snaps
hot snaps
winter condition
MPSA
boosted regression trees
Hawaiian archipelago
models
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/8/2/93

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