Mapping and monitoring of coastal wetlands of Çukurova Delta in the Eastern Mediterranean region

Berberoğlu, Süha; Yılmaz, Kemal; Özkan, Coşkun

doi:10.1023/b:bioc.0000009493.34669.ec

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“…Such detailed vegetation maps were produced using very high spatial resolution images with a spatial extent limited to 20 × 20 km; they are therefore not suitable for producing affordable repeated mapping at a regional scale. Conversely, Landsat images are available for free and are suitable for characterizing broad-grained plant community patches at the regional scale (Zak and Cabido, 2002;Isacch et al, 2006;Berberoglu et al, 2004).…”

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Use of bi-Seasonal Landsat-8 Imagery for Mapping Marshland Plant Community Combinations at the Regional Scale

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International audienceCoastal marshlands may provide ecosystem services but their vegetation and related services may be impacted by environmental changes. Habitat mapping is a key step to monitor the spatio-temporal dynamics of vegetation and detect on-going changes. However, it is still a challenge to produce reliable vegetation maps at the regional scale. This study aims to evaluate the potential of new Landsat-8 imageries (acquired in September and December 2013) for mapping fine-grained plant communities in coastal marshlands. Fieldbased vegetation maps were collected for 270 km of marshlands along the French Atlantic coast. In order to be identifiable on the satellite image, fine-grained vegetationunits were aggregated into fewer plant community combinations. The classification accuracy was assessed by comparison with field-based vegetation data and compared between the supervised methods used, including Minimum Distance, Mahalanobis, Maximum Likelihood, Random Forest and Support Vector Machine. The best result was obtained with the Maximum Likelihood classifier and by combining the twoLandsat-8 images (85.9 % accuracy overall). Three main habitat types dominated the coastal Atlantic marshlands: croplands, Trifolio maritimae-Oenantheto silaifoliae geosigmetum and Puccinellio maritimae-Arthrocnemeto fruticosi geosigmetum. The reliability of the vegetation map produced will provide a good basis for monitoring the conservation status of the various habitats

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“…The Habitat Directive, like all the other main European habitat classifications (Paleartic Classification, CORINE Biotopes, EUNIS-Hab), is a physiognomy-based vegetation classification system. The recording of vegetation types in Habitat Maps is the starting point for the understanding of the ecosystems and their conservation status (Haines Young et al 2000;Kutiel 2001;Berberoglu et al 2004;Dimopoulos et al 2005). Nevertheless, some widely recognized habitats are not directly linked to vegetation associations (Rodwell et al 2002).…”

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Mapping and quantifying habitat fragmentation in small coastal areas: a case study of three protected wetlands in Apulia (Italy)

Tomaselli¹,

Tenerelli

Sciandrello

2011

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In the Mediterranean Region, habitat loss and fragmentation severely affect coastal wetlands, due to the rapid expansion of anthropogenic activities that has occurred in the last decades. Landscape metrics are commonly used to define landscape patterns and to evaluate fragmentation processes. This investigation focuses on the performance of a set of landscape pattern indices within landscapes characterized by coastal environments and extent below 1,000 ha. The aim is to assess the degree of habitat fragmentation for the monitoring of protected areas and to learn whether values of landscape metrics can characterize fine-resolution landscape patterns. The study areas are three coastal wetlands belonging to the Natura 2000 network and sited on the Adriatic side of Apulia (Southern Italy). The Habitat Maps were derived from the Vegetation Maps generated integrating phytosociological relevés and Earth Observation data. In the three sites, a total of 16 habitat types were detected. A selected set of landscape metrics was applied in order to investigate their performance in assessing fragmentation and spatial patterns of habitats. The final results showed that the most significant landscape patterns are related to highly specialized habitat types closely linked to coastal environments. In interpreting the landscape patterns of these highly specialized habitats, some specific ecological factors were taken into account. The shape indices were the most useful in assessing the degree of fragmentation of habitat types that usually have elongated morphology along the shoreline or the coastal lagoons. In all the cases, to be meaningful, data obtained from the application of the selected indices were jointly assessed, especially at the class level.

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“…Multi-temporal high-resolution, remotely sensed data and geographic information systems (GIS) can be used to produce ecological inventories and monitor LULC changes at local, regional and global scales (Berberoglu, 2003;Berberoglu et al, 2004). In particular, the visible to shortwave infrared (VSWIR) bands of Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS) and Thematic Mapper (TM) data have been extensively used for surveys and analyses of forest and agricultural resources since the initiation of Landsat program in 1972 (Berberoglu et al, 2000;Townshend and Justice, 2002).…”

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Environmental Monitoring of Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes in a Mediterranean Region of Turkey

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Evrendilek

Berberoğlu

et al. 2006

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Unprecedented rates of human-induced changes in land use and land cover (LULC) at local and regional scales lead to alterations of global biogeochemical cycles. Driving forces behind LULC changes mainly include rapid growth rates of population and consumption, lack of valuation of ecological services, poverty, ignorance of biophysical limitations, and use of ecologically incompatible technologies. One of the major ecological tragedies of the commons in a Mediterranean region of Turkey is the loss of Lake Amik at the expense of increasing the area of croplands, which used to provide vital ecosystem goods and services for the region. In this study, we aimed at quantifying the effects of past land-use transitions on soil organic carbon (SOC) pools (0-20 cm) in a Mediterranean region of 3930 km(2), between 1972 and 2000. LULC changes were quantified from a time series of satellite images of Landsat-MSS in 1972, Landsat-5 TM in 1987, and Landsat-7 ETM+ in 2000 using geographic information systems. The study showed that the increase in croplands between 1972 and 1987 took place at the expense of the irreversible losses of Lake Amik and its related wetlands of over 53 km(2). In the period of 1972 to 2000, croplands, settlements, and evergreen forests increased by 174%, 106%, and 14%, respectively. The increase in settlements occurred mostly to the detriment of croplands. Given the average rates of all the land-use transitions, and associated changes in SOC density for the study region of 3930 km(2), total SOC pool was estimated to decrease by 14.1% from 130.1 Mt in 1972 to 111.7 Mt in 2000.

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Mapping and monitoring of coastal wetlands of Çukurova Delta in the Eastern Mediterranean region

Cited by 42 publications

References 28 publications

Use of bi-Seasonal Landsat-8 Imagery for Mapping Marshland Plant Community Combinations at the Regional Scale

Use of bi-Seasonal Landsat-8 Imagery for Mapping Marshland Plant Community Combinations at the Regional Scale

Mapping and quantifying habitat fragmentation in small coastal areas: a case study of three protected wetlands in Apulia (Italy)

Environmental Monitoring of Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes in a Mediterranean Region of Turkey

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