Drone Up! Quantifying Whale Behavior From a New Perspective Improves Observational Capacity

Drone Up! Quantifying Whale Behavior From a New Perspective Improves Observational Capacity

During traditional boat-based surveys of marine megafauna, behavioral observations are typically limited to records of animal surfacings obtained from a horizontal perspective. Achieving an aerial perspective has been restricted to brief helicopter or airplane based observations that are costly, noi...

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Main Authors: Leigh G. Torres, Sharon L. Nieukirk, Leila Lemos, Todd E. Chandler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
unmanned aerial systems (UAS)
behavior
gray whale
foraging
cetacean
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2018.00319/full

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