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. 2018 Mar 6;28(3):749–760. doi: 10.1002/eap.1682

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Current capabilities of remotely sensed data for measuring Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs; Pereira et al. 2013). The EBVs are complementary to the GOOS Essential Ocean Variables for biology and ecology (FOO 2012). “Unproven” indicates that methods have not yet been developed to collect these measurements from satellite/aerial data. “Demonstrated in limited cases” are methods that have been demonstrated and that could be made operational with the proposed H4 imaging approach. “Routine use” indicates measurements that are produced regularly, and at present include distribution, abundance, and phenology of bulk phytoplankton only in the open ocean (i.e., derived chlorophyll a concentration). “Habitat model required” indicates EBVs that can be predicted on the basis of habitat correlations developed from remotely sensed data. “NA” indicates that the observation is not applicable.