Presentation Year

2019

Depreciated Participant

Christopher LanzEnvironmental Science and Management Undergraduate Student,Buddhika MadurapperumaEnvironmental Science and Management Faculty

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Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)

Mismanagement of coral reef habitats for construction has impacted on rapid destruction of most biodiverse coral reefs of South Chinese sea. This project examines how coral reef habitats changed in Duncan island of South Chinese sea using object based image analysis (OBIA) and coral index. We estimated the coral changes over time with different land-use classes. The unchanged coral acreage was 7.80 acres between 2016-2017, 1.21 acres between 2017-2018 and 8.22 acres between 2016-2018. The coefficient of agreement for the classification is ranged from 0.55 to 0.60. NDCI Analysis of coral regions surrounding Duncan island revealed vegetation change in coral health.

Permission to Publish Work

Yes

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554

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