Evaluation of an underwater solid state memory video system with application to fish abundance and diversity studies in southeast Australia

Fisheries Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-17

  Lowry, Michael ^a   Folpp, Heath ^a   Gregson, Marcus ^a  

^a Port Stephens Fisheries Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial reefs; Baited remote underwater video; Solid state memory camera; Video resolution

Indexed keywords

PISCES;

EID: 79955950625     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

References (66)

1. Akyildiz I.F., Su W., Sankarasubramaniam Y., Cayirci E. Wireless sensor networks: a survey. Computer Networks 2002, 38:393-422.
2. Assis J., Narváez K., Haroun R. Underwater towed video: a useful tool to rapidly assess elasmobranch populations in large marine protected areas. Journal of Coastal Conservation 2007, 11:153-157.
3. Bailey D., Priede I. Predicting fish behaviour in response to abyssal food falls. Marine Biology 2002, 141:831-840.
4. Barans C.A., Arendt M.D., Moore T., Schmidt D. Remote video revisited: a visual technique for conducting long-term monitoring of reef fishes on the continental shelf. Marine Technology Society Journal 2005, 39:110-118.
5. Becker A., Cowley P.D., Whitfield A.K. Use of remote underwater video to record littoral habitat use by fish within a temporarily closed South African estuary. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2010, 391:161-168.
6. Beringer J., Millspaugh J.J., Sartwell J., Woeck R. Real-time video recording of food selection by captive white-tailed deer. Wildlife Society Bulletin 2004, 32:648-654.
7. Bolton M., Butcher N., Sharpe F., Stevens D., Fisher G. Remote monitoring of nests using digital camera technology. Journal of Field Ornithology 2007, 78:213-220.
8. Bradbeer R.S., Lam K.K.Y., Yeung L.F., Ku K.K.K. Real-time Monitoring of Fish Activity on an Inshore Coral Reef. Oceans 2005, Washington, DC, pp. 542-548.
9. Cappo M., De'ath G., Speare P. Inter-reef vertebrate communities of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park determined by baited remote underwater video stations. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2007, 350:209-221.
10. Cappo, M., Harvey, E., Malcolm, H., Speare, P., 2003. Potential of video techniques to monitor diversity, abundance and size of fish in studies of Marine Protected Areas. Aquatic protected areas: what works best and how do we know? World Congress on Protected Areas, Aug 2002, Cairns Qld, In: Beumer, J.P., Grant, A. and Smith, D.C. (Eds.), Proceedings, Australian Society for Fish Biology, North Beach WA, 2003, pp. 455-464.
11. Cappo M., Harvey E.S., Shortis M.R. Counting and measuring fish with baited video techniques-an overview. AFSB Conference and Workshop " Cutting-edge Technologies in Fish and Fisheries Science" Australian Society for Fish Biology Workshop Proceedings 2006, pp. 101-114. J.M. Lyle, D.M. Furlani, C.D.S. Buxton (Eds.).
12. Cappo M., Speare P., De'ath G. Comparison of baited remote underwater video stations (BRUVS) and prawn (shrimp) trawls for assessments of fish biodiversity in inter-reefal areas of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2004, 302:123-152.
13. Carbines G., Cole R.G. Using a remote drift underwater video (DUV) to examine dredge impacts on demersal fishes and benthic habitat complexity in Foveaux Strait, Southern New Zealand. Fisheries Research 2009, 96:230-237.
14. Colton M.A., Swearer S.E. A comparison of two survey methods: differences between underwater visual census and baited remote underwater video. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2010, 400:19-36.
15. Davis R.W., Hagey W., Horning M. Monitoring the behavior and multi-dimensional movements of Weddell seals using an animal-borne video and data recorder. Memoirs of the National Institute of Polar Research 2004, 58:150-156.
16. Ebner B., Clear R., Godschalx S., Beitzel M. In-stream behaviour of threatened fishes and their food organisms based on remote video monitoring. Aquatic Ecology 2009, 43:569-576.
17. Edgar G.J., Barrett N.S., Morton A.J. Biases associated with the use of underwater visual census techniques to quantify the density and size-structure of fish populations. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2004, 308:269-290.
18. Francour P., Liret C., Harvey E. Comparison of fish abundance estimates made by remote underwater video and visual census. Naturalista Siciliano 1999, 23:155-168.
19. Frezza T.L., Carl L.M., Reid S.M. Evaluation of a portable underwater video camera to study fish communities in two Lake Ontario tributaries. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 2003, 18:269-276.
20. Friesen R.G., Chivers D.P. Underwater video reveals strong avoidance of chemical alarm cues by prey fishes. Ethology 2006, 112:339-345.
21. Grace M., Bahnick M., Jones L. A preliminary study of the marine biota at Navassa Island, Caribbean Sea. Marine Fisheries Review 2000, 62:43-48.
22. Harvey E.S., Cappo M., Butler J.J., Hall N., Kendrick G.A. Bait attraction affects the performance of remote underwater video stations in assessment of demersal fish community structure. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2007, 350:245-254.
23. Heagney E.C., Lynch T.P., Babcock R.C., Suthers I.M. Pelagic fish assemblages assessed using mid-water baited video: standardising fish counts using bait plume size. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2007, 350:255-266.
24. Heithaus M.R., Dill L.M. Food availability and tiger shark predation risk influence bottlenose dolphin habitat use. Ecology 2002, 83:480-491.
25. Heithaus M.R., Marshall G.J., Buhleier B.M., Dill L.M. Employing Crittercam to study habitat use and behavior of large sharks. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2001, 209:307-310.
26. Hinch S.G., Collins N.C. Importance of diurnal and nocturnal nest defense in the energy budget of male smallmouth bass: insights from direct video observations. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 1991, 120:657-663.
27. Hollander M., Wolfe D. Nonparametric Statistical Methods 1999, Wiley-Interscience. 2nd ed.
28. Hooker S.K., Heaslip S.G., Matthiopoulos J., Cox O., Boyd I.L. Data sampling options for animal-borne video cameras: considerations based on deployments with Antarctic Fur Seals. Marine Technology Society Journal 2008, 42:65.
29. John L.A., David R.B. Reef fish assemblages: a re-evaluation using enclosed rotenone stations. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2000, 206:227-237.
30. Jury S.H., Howell H., O'Grady D.F., Watson Iii W.H. Lobster trap video: in situ video surveillance of the behaviour of Homarus americanus in and around traps. Marine and Freshwater Research 2001, 52:1125-1132.
31. Kudo T., Tanaka H., Watanabe Y., Naito Y., Otomo T., Miyazaki N. Use of fish-borne camera to study chum salmon homing behavior in response to coastal features. Aquatic Biology 2007, 1:85-90.
32. Lam K., Bradbeer R.S., Shin P.K.S., Ku K.K.K., Hodgson P. Application of a real-time underwater surveillance camera in monitoring of fish assemblages on a shallow coral communities in a marine park. Oceans 2007, 2007:1-7.
33. Langlois T., Chabanet P., Pelletier D., Harvey E. Baited underwater video for assessing reef fish populations in marine reserves. Fisheries Newsletter-South-Pacific Commission 2006, 118:53.
34. Lokkeborg S., Bjordal A. Species and size selectivity in longline fishing: a review. Fisheries Research 1992, 13:311-322.
35. Luo J., Serafy J.E., Sponaugle S., Teare P.B., Kieckbusch D. Movement of gray snapper Lutjanus griseus among subtropical seagrass, mangrove, and coral reef habitats. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2009, 380:255-269.
36. Malcolm H.A., Gladstone W., Lindfield S., Wraith J., Lynch T.P. Spatial and temporal variation in reef fish assemblages of marine parks in New South Wales Australia-baited video observations. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2007, 350:277-290.
37. Mason D.M., Nagy B., Butler M., Larsen S., Murie D.J., Lindberg W.J. Integration of Technologies for Understanding the Functional Relationship Between Reef Habitat and Fish Growth and Production. Emerging Technologies for Reef Fisheries Research and Management 2006, NOAA, Seattle, WA, p124.
38. Miller R.J. Considerations for conducting field experiments with baited traps. Fisheries Research 1983, 8:14-17.
39. Mills D.J., Verdouw G., Frusher S.D. Remote multi-camera system for in situ observations of behaviour and predator/prey interactions of marine benthic macrofauna. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 2005, 39:347-352.
40. Moll R.J., Millspaugh J.J., Beringer J., Sartwell J., He Z. A new 'view' of ecology and conservation through animal-borne video systems. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2007, 22:660-668.
41. Moreira M.A.G. Automatic Visual Classification of Events in Underwater Video 2009, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, p. 10.
42. Morrow-Tesch J., Dailey J.W., Jiang H. A video data base system for studying animal behavior. Journal of Animal Science 1998, 76:2605-2608.
43. Mueller R.P., Brown R.S., Hop H., Moulton L. Video and acoustic camera techniques for studying fish under ice: a review and comparison. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 2006, 16:213-226.
44. Murphy H.M., Jenkins G.P. Observational methods used in marine spatial monitoring of fishes and associated habitats: a review. Marine and Freshwater Research 2010, 61:236-252.
45. Ouzts A.C., Szedlmayer S.T. Diel feeding patterns of red snapper on artificial reefs in the north-central Gulf of Mexico. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 2003, 132:1186-1193.
46. Posey M.H., Ambrose W.G. Effects of proximity to an offshore hard-bottom reef on infaunal abundances. Marine Biology 1994, 118:745-753.
47. Pratt T.C., Smokorowski K.E., Muirhead J.R. Development and experimental assessment of an underwater video technique for assessing fish-habitat relationships. Archiv fuer Hydrobiologie 2005, 164:547-571.
48. Priede I.G., Merrett N.R. Estimation of abundance of abyssal demersal fishes; a comparison of data from trawls and baited cameras. Journal of Fish Biology 1996, 49:207-216.
49. Priede I.G., Merrett N.R. The relationship between numbers of fish attracted to baited cameras and population density: studies on demersal grenadiers Coryphaenoides (Nematonurus) armatus in the abyssal NE Atlantic Ocean. Fisheries Research 1998, 36:133-137.
50. Rillahan C., Chambers M., Howell W.H., Watson Iii W.H. A self-contained system for observing and quantifying the behavior of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua, in an offshore aquaculture cage. Aquaculture 2009, 293:49-56.
51. Rosenkranz G.E., Gallager S.M., Shepard R.W., Blakeslee M. Development of a high-speed, megapixel benthic imaging system for coastal fisheries research in Alaska. Fisheries Research 2008, 92:340-344.
52. Rotherham D., Underwood A.J., Chapman M.G., Gray C.A. A strategy for developing scientific sampling tools for fishery-independent surveys of estuarine fish in New South Wales, Australia. ICES Journal of Marine Science 2007, 64:1512.
53. Rova A., Mori G., Dill L.M. One fish, two fish, butterfish, trumpeter: recognizing fish in underwater video. IAPR Conference on Machine Vision Applications 2007.
54. Roy P.S., Williams R.J., Jones A.R., Yassini I., Gibbs P.J., Coates B., West R.J., Scanes P.R., Hudson J.P., Nichol S. Structure and function of south-east Australian estuaries. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2001, 53:351-384.
55. Shortis M., Harvey E., Abdo D. A review of underwater stereo-image measurement for marine biology and ecology applications. Oceanography Marine Biology Annual Review 2009, 47:257-292.
56. Steen R. A portable digital video surveillance system to monitor prey deliveries at raptor nests. Journal of Raptor Research 2009, 43:69-74.
57. Stobart B., Garcia-Charton J.A., Espejo C., Rochel E., Goni R., Renones O., Herrero A., Crec'hriou R., Polti S., Marcos C., Planes S., Perez-Ruzafa A. A baited underwater video technique to assess shallow-water Mediterranean fish assemblages: methodological evaluation. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2007, 345.
58. Stoner A.W., Laurel B.J., Hurst T.P. Using a baited camera to assess relative abundance of juvenile Pacific cod: field and laboratory trials. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2008, 354:202-211.
59. Tessier E., Chabanet P. Using video techniques for estimating fish post-larvae abundance after mass settlement on artificial reefs. 10th International Coral Reef Symposium 2006, pp. 1807-1811.
60. Tessier E., Chabanet P., Pothin K., Soria M., Lasserre G. Visual censuses of tropical fish aggregations on artificial reefs: slate versus video recording techniques. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2005, 315:17-30.
61. Thompson A.A., Mapstone B.D. Intra-versus inter-annual variation in counts of reef fishes and interpretations of long-term monitoring studies. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2002, 232:247-257.
62. Walther D., Edgington D.R., Koch C. Detection and tracking of objects in underwater video Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR'04). IEEE Computer Society 2004, 544-549.
63. Watson W.H., Golet W., Scopel D., Jury S. Use of ultrasonic telemetry to determine the area of bait influence and trapping area of American lobster Homarus americanus, traps. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 2009, 43:411-418.
64. Willis T.J., Babcock R.C. A baited underwater video system for the determination of relative density of carnivorous reef fish. Marine and Freshwater Research 2000, 51:755-763.
65. Willis T.J., Badalamenti F., Milazzo M. Diel variability in counts of reef fishes and its implications for monitoring. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2006, 331:108-120.
66. Wilson A., Edgington D.E. First Steps Towards Autonomous Recognition of Monterey Bay's Most Common Mid-water Organisms: Mining the ROV Video Database on Behalf of the Automated Visual Event Detection (AVED) System 2003, Middlebury College, Appendices.