IN THIS LESSON

Clinton Edwards, Ecologist

This lesson covers the essentials of implementing an LAI survey, including how to balance research goals with available resources. It focuses on determining the necessary resolution, sampling effort, and image acquisition techniques based on the ecological context of your study area. 

Learning Objectives: 

    • Start thinking through how you might start planning your own survey. 

    • Be able to make decisions about the size and number of your plots and how detailed you need imagery to be. 

    • Gain insight into image acquisition techniques, including swim patterns and overlap requirements.