Daniel Breen

Auckland University of Technology | AUT · School of Applied Science

Remote sensing from unmanned aerial vehicles provides an opportunity to bridge the gap between fine scale ground-based measurements and broad scale observations from conventional aircraft and satellites. The advantages of this approach include safe access to hazardous or difficult terrain and conditions, the ability to survey at specific times and...

Recent advances in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for civilian use make it possible to regularly monitor geothermal environments at spatial and temporal scales that would be difficult to achieve using conventional methods. Previous aerial monitoring of geothermal environments has been expensive and time consuming. This paper demonstrates the use o...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly being used for aerial surveys and monitoring of geothermal environments. Advances in UAV technology have made it a valuable option for project and environmental managers to consider. The many advantages of UAVs are encouraging users to employ these platforms in many different and new applications. In...

Geothermal ecosystems experience extreme conditions but can support unique communities of organisms. This study uses historical thermal infrared images and aerial photographs to review the vegetation responses to temperature gradients around geothermal surface features in the Wairakei-Tauhara geothermal field. Here, the spatial distribution of ‘‘ge...

In the absence of consensus on the quantity and level of zoning protection required for coral reef and lagoon ecosystems, which process can guide decision makers? The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) worked with experts in a collaborative process to develop a set of Biophysical Operational Principles to guide the design of a networ...

A widely accepted overall goal in marine protected area management is to allow for multiple uses that are appropriate and sustainable. An issue relevant to this goal is the quality of the experience perceived by users of marine protected areas. Understanding relationships between stakeholder values at different sites and their perceptions of crowdi...

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, an area almost the size of Japan, has a new network of no-take areas that significantly improves the protection of biodiversity. The new marine park zoning implements, in a quantitative manner, many of the theoretical design principles discussed in the literature. For example, the new network of no-take areas has...

Abstract Existing no-take areas within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park reflect a historical focus on coral reefs and remote ‘pristine’ areas. The Representative Areas Program(RAP) aimsto enhance protection of the region’s biodiversityby dev elopinga network of no-take areas that represents the range of ,habitats and communities within the Marine...

Existing no-take areas within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park reflect a historical focus on coral reefs and remote 'pristine' areas. The Representative Areas Program (RAP) aims to enhance protection of the region's biodiversity by developing a network of no-take areas that represents the range of habitats and communities within the Marine Park....