A comprehensive overview of technologies for species and habitat monitoring and conservation

JJ Lahoz-Monfort, MJL Magrath - BioScience, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The range of technologies currently used in biodiversity conservation is staggering, with
innovative uses often adopted from other disciplines and being trialed in the field. We …

Sounding the call for a global library of underwater biological sounds

MJG Parsons, TH Lin, TA Mooney, C Erbe… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Aquatic environments encompass the world's most extensive habitats, rich with sounds
produced by a diversity of animals. Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) is an increasingly …

Class-aware fish species recognition using deep learning for an imbalanced dataset

SY Alaba, MM Nabi, C Shah, J Prior, MD Campbell… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fish species recognition is crucial to identifying the abundance of fish species in a specific
area, controlling production management, and monitoring the ecosystem, especially …

Recommendations for the standardisation of open taxonomic nomenclature for image-based identifications

T Horton, L Marsh, BJ Bett, AR Gates… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This paper recommends best practice for the use of open nomenclature (ON) signs
applicable to image-based faunal analyses. It is one of numerous initiatives to improve …

Automatic detection of fish and tracking of movement for ecology

S Lopez‐Marcano, EL Jinks, CA Buelow… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Animal movement studies are conducted to monitor ecosystem health, understand
ecological dynamics, and address management and conservation questions. In marine …

Artificial intelligence for fish behavior recognition may unlock fishing gear selectivity

AS Abangan, D Kopp, R Faillettaz - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Through the advancement of observation systems, our vision has far extended its reach into
the world of fishes, and how they interact with fishing gears—breaking through physical …

Increased connectivity and depth improve the effectiveness of marine reserves

JS Goetze, S Wilson, B Radford, R Fisher… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Marine reserves are a key tool for the conservation of marine biodiversity, yet only~ 2.5% of
the world's oceans are protected. The integration of marine reserves into connected …

Accelerating species recognition and labelling of fish from underwater video with machine-assisted deep learning

D Marrable, K Barker, S Tippaya, M Wyatt… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Machine-assisted object detection and classification of fish species from Baited Remote
Underwater Video Station (BRUVS) surveys using deep learning algorithms presents an …

Annotated video footage for automated identification and counting of fish in unconstrained seagrass habitats

EM Ditria, RM Connolly, EL Jinks… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Technological advances are improving the collection, processing and analysis of ecological
data. One of these technologies that has been adopted in recent studies by ecologists is …

A comparison of underwater visual census, baited, diver operated and remotely operated stereo-video for sampling shallow water reef fishes

SA Jessop, BJ Saunders, JS Goetze… - Estuarine, coastal and shelf …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are a popular conservation strategy aimed at
managing anthropogenic pressures and protecting habitats and the diversity of ocean flora …