Remote high-definition rotating video enables fast spatial survey of marine underwater macrofauna and habitats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Pelletier, Dominique ^a,b   Leleu, Kévin ^a,b   Mallet, Delphine ^a   Mou Tham, Gérard ^b   Hervé, Gilles ^a   Boureau, Matthieu ^a   Guilpart, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL WATERS; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; HABITAT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAGOON; MACROFAUNA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE MAMMAL; MARINE SPECIES; NEW CALEDONIA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SNAKE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TURTLE; VIDEORECORDING; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SEA;

ANTHOZOA; CHELONIIDAE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEW CALEDONIA; OCEANS AND SEAS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SOFTWARE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84857616912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030536     Document Type: Article

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