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Remote sensing: a key tool for interdisciplinary assessment of coral reef processes

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Acknowledgements

We acknowledge the 38 reviewers that constructively helped us to analyze the submitted papers in a very timely fashion. Thanks to Richard Dodge, Editor of Coral Reefs, for encouraging this special issue since the initial idea was launched in May 2002. BR was supported by NOAA grant NA16OA1443. SA by NASA grant NAGS-10908.

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    Present address: UR COREUS, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, BP A5, 98848, Nouméa, New Caledonia

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  1. College of Marine Science, Institute for Marine Remote Sensing, University of South Florida, 140 7th Av. South, St Petersburg, FL, 33701, USA

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  2. National Coral Reef Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Oceanographic Center, 8000 N. Ocean Drive, Dania Beach, FL, 33004, USA

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Andréfouët, S., Riegl, B. Remote sensing: a key tool for interdisciplinary assessment of coral reef processes. Coral Reefs 23, 1–4 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-003-0360-z

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