Classifying sonar images: Can a computer-driven process identify eels?

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1876-1886

  Mueller, Anna Maria ^a   Mulligan, Tim ^b   Withler, Peter K ^c  

^a Aquacoustics Inc   (United States)

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^c Pacific Eumetrics Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOMONITORING; CLASSIFICATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EEL; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SONAR IMAGERY; TRACKING;

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EID: 58249142123     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M08-033.1     Document Type: Article

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