Bridging the Gap between Quadrats and Satellites: Assessing Utility of Drone-based Imagery to Enhance Emergent Vegetation Biomonitoring - NERRS/NSC(NERRS Science Collaborative)
Monitoring plays a central role in detecting change in coastal ecosystems. The National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) invests heavily in assessing changes in tidal wetlands through the System-wide Monitoring Program (SWMP). This monitoring is conducted in 1m2 permanent plots every 1-3 years via in situ …