Motivated by the need to estimate the abundance of marine mammal populations to inform
conservation assessments, especially relating to fishery bycatch, this paper provides …

In the last decade, drones have become an affordable technology offering highly mobile
aerial platforms that can carry a range of sensory equipment into hitherto uncharted areas …

An increase in shark bites, declining shark populations, and changing social attitudes, has
driven an urgent need for non-destructive shark monitoring. While drones may be a useful …

Unmanned aerial systems (UASs) are powerful tools for research and monitoring of wildlife.
However, the effects of these systems on most marine mammals are largely unknown …

Research on the ecology and biology of marine mammal populations is necessary to
understand ecosystem dynamics and to support conservation management. Emerging …

Drones are increasingly popular tools for wildlife research, but it is important that the use of
these tools does not overshadow reporting of methodological details required for evaluation …

Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) are emerging as an accessible and versatile tool for
ecologists, promising to revolutionize the way abundance and distribution data are obtained …

Drones, automatic counting tools, and artificial neural networks in wildlife population censusing
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Vertical take‐off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming
invaluable data collection platforms for cetacean research. In particular, multi‐rotors can be …

Technical advances in monitoring devices, specifically drones, are allowing managers and
scientists to obtain quality information on ecosystem health with minimal disturbance to …