In the face of global change, spatially explicit studies or meta-analyses of published species data are much needed to understand the impact of the changing environment on living organisms, for instance by modeling and mapping species’ distributional shifts. A Nature Editorial (2008) recently discussed the need for spatially explicit biological data, stating that the absence or inaccuracy of geographical coordinates associated with every single sample prohibits, or at least jeopardizes, such studies in any research field. In this chapter, we show how geographic techniques such as remote sensing and applications based on geographic information systems (GIS) are the key to document changes in marine benthic macroalgal communities.
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Pauly, K., & De Clerck, O. (2010). GIS-Based Environmental Analysis, Remote Sensing, and Niche Modeling of Seaweed Communities (pp. 93–114). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8569-6_6
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