Perez, Denise Ivette; Phinn, Stuart R; Roelfsema, Christiaan M; Shaw, Emily: Reflectance spectra of coral reef and seagrass communities from Heron Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef and Saipan Lagoon, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.920939 (dataset in review)
Abstract:
This project measured spectral reflectance for a variety of reef and seagrass functional groups found in Heron Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef and Saipan Lagoon, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands. Shark Bay, a reef flat in Heron Reef was sampled in Jan. 2016. Two sites were sampled in Saipan Lagoon, which included a reef flat, Pau Pau, sampled in June 2016, and a seagrass community, San Roque sampled in May 2016. An ASD (Analytical Spectral Devices®) HandHeld 2 spectrometer (325-1075 nm) in an underwater housing was used with a 2 m bare fibre optical cable to take reflectance spectra of functional-groups and substrates in-situ. A flashlight was mounted to the tip of the optical cable, in cases where dim lighting reduced signal output. The tip of the fibre optic cable was held at a uniform distance from the subject, ~7 cm to collect spectra. Reflectance (R) was determined from the ratio of upwelling (Lu) to downwelling (Ld) radiance (R = Lu/Ld). Targets were measured in less than 2 m depth, and included sand substrate, coral identified to the genus level, macroalgae, calcareous algae, turf, and seagrass identified to species level.
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -4.090583 * Median Longitude: 148.851166 * South-bound Latitude: -23.444000 * West-bound Longitude: 145.781333 * North-bound Latitude: 15.262833 * East-bound Longitude: 151.921000
Date/Time Start: 2016-01-16T15:07:00 * Date/Time End: 2016-02-01T16:45:00
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| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
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| 1 | Event label | Event | Perez, Denise Ivette | |||
| 2 | Binary Object | Binary | Perez, Denise Ivette |
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