Development and application of a video-mosaic survey technology to document the status of coral reef communities

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 125, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 59-73

  Lirman, Diego ^a   Gracias, Nuno Ricardo ^a   Gintert, Brooke Erin ^a   Gleason, Arthur Charles Rogde ^a   Reid, Ruth Pamela ^b   Negahdaripour, Shahriar ^b   Kramer, Philip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic surveys; Image motion; Reef condition; ROV; Video mosaics; Video surveys

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; IMAGE REGISTRATION; MOTION ESTIMATION; REMOTE SENSING; VIDEO CAMERAS;

BENTHIC SURVEYS; CORAL REEF COMMUNITIES; VIDEO MOSAICS;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ABUNDANCE; ALGORITHM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DIGITAL IMAGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SAND; VIDEORECORDING; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFORMATION PROCESSING;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; PALYTHOA;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DATA COLLECTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 34247646129     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9239-0     Document Type: Article

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