Lorae Theresa Simpson

Dr. Lorae Theresa Simpson

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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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12 February 2019 in Hydrobiologia
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Lorae Theresa Simpson
CSC. M. Stein
C. M. Stein
TOT. Z. Osborne
T. Z. Osborne
IFI. C. Feller
I. C. Feller

8 May 2021 in Applied Sciences
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JCJordan R. Cissell
Jordan R. Cissell
SCSteven William James Canty
Steven William James Canty
MSMichael K. Steinberg
Michael K. Steinberg
LSLorae Theresa Simpson
Lorae Theresa Simpson
In this paper, we present the highest-resolution-available (10 m) national map of the mangrove ecosystems of Belize. These important ecosystems are increasingly threatened by human activities and climate change, support both marine and terrestrial biodiversity, and provide critical ecosystem services to coastal communities in Belize and throughout the Mesoamerican Reef ecoregion. Previous national- and international-level inventories document Belizean mangrove forests at spatial resolutions of 30 m or coarser, but many mangrove patches and loss events may be too small to be accurately mapped at these resolutions. Our 10 m map addresses this need for a finer-scale national mangrove inventory. We mapped mangrove ecosystems in Belize as of 2020 by performing a random forest classification of Sentinel-2 Multispectral Instrument imagery in Google Earth Engine. We mapped a total mangrove area of 578.54 km2 in 2020, with 372.04 km2 located on the mainland and 206.50 km2 distributed throughout the country’s islands and cayes. Our findings are substantially different from previous, coarser-resolution national mangrove inventories of Belize, which emphasizes the importance of high-resolution mapping efforts for ongoing conservation efforts.

9 October 2021 in Oecologia
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LSLorae Theresa Simpson
Lorae Theresa Simpson
SCSteven William James Canty
Steven William James Canty
JCJ. R. Cissell
J. R. Cissell
MSM. K. Steinberg
M. K. Steinberg
JCJ. A. Cherry
J. A. Cherry
IFI. C. Feller
I. C. Feller

19 September 2020 in Ecosystems
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LSLorae Theresa Simpson
Lorae Theresa Simpson
JCJulia A. Cherry
Julia A. Cherry
RSRachel S. Smith
Rachel S. Smith
IFIlka C. Feller
Ilka C. Feller

17 August 2023 in Global Ecology and Biogeography
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LSLorae Theresa Simpson
Lorae Theresa Simpson
SCSamantha K. Chapman
Samantha K. Chapman
LSLance M. Simpson
Lance M. Simpson
JCJulia A. Cherry
Julia A. Cherry

2 August 2018 in Estuaries and Coasts
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LSLorae Theresa Simpson
Lorae Theresa Simpson
TOT. Z. Osborne
T. Z. Osborne
IFI. C. Feller
I. C. Feller