Deep neural networks based automated extraction of dugong feeding trails from UAV images in the intertidal seagrass beds.

Dugongs (Dugong dugon) are seagrass specialists distributed in shallow coastal waters in tropical and subtropical seas. The area and distribution of the dugongs' feeding trails, which are unvegetated winding tracks left after feeding, have been used as an indicator of their feeding ground utili...

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Main Authors: Chiaki Yamato, Kotaro Ichikawa, Nobuaki Arai, Kotaro Tanaka, Takahiro Nishiyama, Kongkiat Kittiwattanawong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255586