Identification of free-ranging mugger crocodiles by applying deep learning methods on UAV imagery

B Desai, A Patel, V Patel, S Shah, MS Raval… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Individual identification contributes significantly towards investigating behavioral
mechanisms of animals and understanding underlying ecological principles. Most studies …

SeaTurtleID: A novel long-span dataset highlighting the importance of timestamps in wildlife re-identification

K Papafitsoros, L Adam, V Čermák, L Picek - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
This paper introduces SeaTurtleID, the first public large-scale, long-span dataset with sea
turtle photographs captured in the wild. The dataset is suitable for benchmarking re …

FIN-PRINT a fully-automated multi-stage deep-learning-based framework for the individual recognition of killer whales

C Bergler, A Gebhard, JR Towers, L Butyrev… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Biometric identification techniques such as photo-identification require an array of unique
natural markings to identify individuals. From 1975 to present, Bigg's killer whales have …

Matching individual Ladoga ringed seals across short-term image sequences

E Nepovinnykh, I Chelak, A Lushpanov, T Eerola… - Mammalian …, 2022 - Springer
Automated wildlife reidentification has attracted increasing attention in recent years as it
provides a non-invasive tool to identify and to track individual wild animals over time. In this …

Pre-trained models are not enough: active and lifelong learning is important for long-term visual monitoring of mammals in biodiversity research—individual …

P Bodesheim, J Blunk, M Körschens, CA Brust… - Mammalian …, 2022 - Springer
Animal re-identification based on image data, either recorded manually by photographers or
automatically with camera traps, is an important task for ecological studies about biodiversity …

SeaTurtleID2022: A long-span dataset for reliable sea turtle re-identification

L Adam, V Čermák, K Papafitsoros… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - openaccess.thecvf.com
This paper introduces the first public large-scale, long-span dataset with sea turtle
photographs captured in the wild-SeaTurtleID2022. The dataset contains 8729 photographs …

Citizen-sourced sightings and underwater photography reveal novel insights about green sea turtle distribution and ecology in southern California

ME Hanna, EM Chandler, BX Semmens… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
East Pacific (EP) green turtles (Chelonia mydas) have undergone substantial population
recovery over the last two decades owing to holistic protection at nesting beaches and …

Photo identification for sea turtles: Flipper scales more accurate than head scales using APHIS

SK Mills, A Rotger, AML Brooks, FV Paladino… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Photo identification involves classifying unique features of a specific individual. The
distinguishing feature used in most sea turtle photo ID studies are the scale patterns on the …

[HTML][HTML] Finding nemo's giant cousin: Keypoint matching for robust re-identification of giant sunfish

M Pedersen, M Nyegaard, TB Moeslund - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Giant Sunfish (Mola alexandrini) has unique patterns on its body, which allow for
individual identification. By continuously gathering and matching images, it is possible to …

Tracking movements and growth of post-hatchling to adult hawksbill sea turtles using skeleto+ iso

CN Turner Tomaszewicz, MJ Liles, L Avens… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In the eastern Pacific Ocean, hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) are adapted to
use coastal habitats and ecosystems uncharacteristic of most other sea turtles. Once …