Leveraging Automated Image Analysis Tools to Transform Our Capacity to Assess Status and Trends of Coral Reefs

Leveraging Automated Image Analysis Tools to Transform Our Capacity to Assess Status and Trends of Coral Reefs

Digital photography is widely used by coral reef monitoring programs to assess benthic status and trends. In addition to creating a permanent archive, photographic surveys can be rapidly conducted, which is important in environments where bottom-time is frequently limiting. However, substantial effo...

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Main Authors: Ivor D. Williams, Courtney S. Couch, Oscar Beijbom, Thomas A. Oliver, Bernardo Vargas-Angel, Brett D. Schumacher, Russell E. Brainard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
coral reef
image analysis
machine learning
CoralNet
Hawaii
American Samoa
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00222/full

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