Quantifying Intertidal Habitat Relative Coverage in a Florida Estuary Using UAS Imagery and GEOBIA

Intertidal habitats like oyster reefs and salt marshes provide vital ecosystem services including shoreline erosion control, habitat provision, and water filtration. However, these systems face significant global change as a result of a combination of anthropogenic stressors like coastal development and environmental stressors such as sea-level rise and disease. Traditional intertidal habitat monitoring techniques are cost and time-intensive,...