Biological data extraction from imagery - How far can we go? A case study from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 82, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-27

  Cuvelier, Daphne ^a,b   de Busserolles, Fanny ^a   Lavaud, Romain ^a   Floc'h, Estelle ^a   Fabri, Marie Claire ^a   Sarradin, Pierre Marie ^a   Sarrazin, Jozée ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Benthic ecology; Data processing; Deep ocean; Hydrothermal vents; Image analyses; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Taxonomic diversity

Indexed keywords

BATHYMODIOLUS AZORICUS; BIOLOGICAL DATA; DEEP OCEAN; FAUNAL COMMUNITIES; FAUNAL SAMPLING; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IMAGERY ANALYSIS; IMAGERY DATA; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; STUDY SITES; TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY;

DATA PROCESSING; ECOLOGY; HOT SPRINGS; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA PROCESSING; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; HYDROTHERMAL VENT COMMUNITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BATHYMODIOLUS AZORICUS; BENTHIC FAUNA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMASS; CASE STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA PROCESSING; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIVALVIA; BODY SIZE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; INVERTEBRATES; METAGENOME; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

BATHYMODIOLUS AZORICUS;

EID: 84868644589     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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