Coastal waters require monitoring of chlorophyll-a concentration (Chl-a) in a wide range of Chl-a from a few mg/m 3 to hundreds of mg/m 3 , which is of interest to the fisheries industry, evaluation of climate change effects, ecological modeling and detection of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). Monitoring can be carried out from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) and Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) Ocean...

This manuscript describes methods for evaluating the efficacy of five satellite-based Chlorophyll-a algorithms in Chesapeake Bay, spanning three separate sensors: Ocean Land Color Imager (OLCI), Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), and MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). The algorithms were compared using in situ Chlorophyll-a measurements from 38 separate stations, provided through the Chesape...

Developing‐world shark fisheries are typically not assessed or actively managed for sustainability; one fundamental obstacle is the lack of species and size‐composition catch data. We tested and implemented a new and potentially widely applicable approach for collecting these data: mandatory submission of low‐value secondary fins (anal fins) from landed sharks by fishers and use of the fins to reconstruct catch species and siz...

9Forests represent a major global C sink, and forest management strategies that maximize carbon storage offer one avenue for mitigating increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. Our understanding of relationships between forest management, productivity, carbon storage, and stand age, however, is limited. We established research plots in a chronosequence of thinned and unmanaged red pine stands in northern Minneso...