Areal extent of surface canopy kelp forests in Southeast Alaska during Summer 2017

• Main Author: Heidi Pearson
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity 2019
• Subjects: Kelp; Canopy; Macrocystis; Giant kelp; Nereocystis; Bull kelp; Areal extent; Alaska; Nereocystis luetkeana; Macrocystis pyrifera; luetkeana; pyrifera; Prince of Wales Island; Archipelago
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:71108d93-6a74-480d-b804-fce5f74bae5a

The purpose of this dataset was to map the areal extent of surface canopy kelp beds (bull kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana and giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera) in Southeast Alaska. These data were collected to ground-truth locations of surface canopy kelp beds obtained from drone and Landsat satellite i...