Heron Island Satellite Imagery Classified Benthic Data and Halo Analyses and Models

This dataset includes satellite imagery data from Heron Island, Australia downloaded from Google Earth Pro in 2023, with image from Maxar Technologies dated 2016 clipped to the shallow lagoon layer from the Allen Coral Atlas shape file classified into benthic categories: corals, algae and sand using a combination of unsupervised machine learning spectral classification and manual training and assignment of classes. This dataset also includes scoring of selected coral patch reefs for isolated halos across time using historical aerial imagery.

We also include 2 notebooks with code used to generate figures and run analyses for data, geometric, and consumer-resource models for coral halo patterns supporting the work entitled, "Consumer-resource interactions reflected in coral halo patterns" by the authors listed. A knitted html for R Markdown file is also included.