Coral ecosystems, both fragile and high in biological diversity, are impacted negatively by pollutant runoff from land. It has been difficult to make a direct connection between the long-term runoff of pollutants from a coastal watershed with coral ecosystem decline at the watershed base. This book details whether Landsat satellite imagery can be used to demonstrate and to quantify this connection. Landsat images of the U.S.Virgin Islands were processed and analyzed to quantify changes in terrestrial and coral habitats for the 1985-2001 period. The analysis indicated a definitive shift...