1. Marc Slattery – PI Deborah Gochfeld – Co-PI
Modeling Seagrass Community Change Using Remote Sensing and Real-time Instrument Packages
Marc Slattery – PI
Deborah Gochfeld – Co-PI

2. Background Decline in extent of seagrass impacts coastal ecosystems
Seagrass can be adversely affected by natural and anthropogenic stressors
Stressors include temperature, salinity, light, and nutrient concentration

3. Objectives
Evaluate the effects of using NASA data as input to the seagrass model developed by Fong and Harwell (1984) to investigate the changes in seagrass communities in the Gulf of Mexico

4. Project Team Mark Slattery – UM – Pharmacognosy
Deborah Gochfeld – UM – NCNPR
Anne Boettcher – U of South Alabama
David Ruple – NOAA – Grand Bay