In order to apply remote sensing to coral reef studies it is necessary to understand the bio-optical variability of the water column. This is the main objective of the most recent work by the GERS Lab in collaboration with Dr. Roy Armstrong, Director of the Bio-Optical Oceanography Laboratory (BIOL) of the UPRM-Department of Marine Sciences. GERS Lab puts the Bio-Optical Rosette and the BIOL puts the re-designed boat Boriken. Coral reefs of La Parguera will be sampled monthly, starting during summer 2007, as part of our NSF-CenSSIS project. This will help us to develop the appropriate techniques for coral mapping using remote sensing.
