About the Project
In response to users' needs for rapid, standardized and quantitative measures to assess reef condition, this project evaluated uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) as a tool for measuring reef changes within five National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERRs) from North Carolina to Florida. The imagery analysis workflows developed in partnership with oyster resource managers provide quantitative measures of reef structural and demographic metrics and, importantly, changes to those metrics in response to natural and anthropogenic factors.
About this Resource
Watch the team present their project’s findings and approach at the 2023 Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) Conference.