This paper uses the Special Issue of the International Journal of Remote Sensing on Remote Sensing of the Coastal Marine Environment to highlight recent advances in knowledge of remote sensing of the coastal zone and to define a series of priorities where future research into the application should be addressed. Advances were identified in the benefit of high spatial and spectral resolution dat...

Extensive marine benthos surveys have resulted in a solid understanding of the broad distribution pattern seafloor biotopes southeastern North Sea (temperate northeast Atlantic region). However, due to low spatial resolution large-scale surveys, specific smaller-scale with scattered been insufficiently captured. Consequently, knowledge regarding environmental characteristics and species invento...