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Using small drones to photo-identify Antillean manatees: a novel method for monitoring an endangered marine mammal in the Caribbean Sea
Endangered Species Research ( IF 2.6 ) Pub Date : 2020-01-30 , DOI: 10.3354/esr01007
SS Landeo-Yauri , EA Ramos , DN Castelblanco-Martínez , CAN Torres , L Searle

Population assessments and species monitoring for many endangered marine megafauna are limited by the challenges of identifying and tracking individuals that live underwater in remote and sometimes inaccessible areas. Manatees can acquire scars from watercraft injury and other incidences that can be used to identify individuals. Here we describe a novel method for photo-identification of Antillean manatees Trichechus manatus manatus using aerial imagery captured during flights with a small multirotor drone. Between 2016 and 2017, we conducted 103 flights to detect and observe manatees in Belize, primarily at St. George’s Caye (SGC) near the Belize Barrier Reef. Review of aerial videos from these flights resulted in 279 sightings of manatees (245 adults, 34 calves). High-resolution images of individual manatees were extracted and classified according to image quality and distinctiveness of individual manatees for photoidentification. High-quality images of manatees classified as sufficiently distinctive were used to create a catalog of 17 identifiable individuals. At SGC, 21% of all sighted adult manatees (N = 214) were considered photo-identifiable over time. We suggest that the method can be used for investigating individual site fidelity, habitat use, and behavior of manatee populations. Our photoidentification protocol has the potential to improve long-term monitoring of Antillean manatees in Belize and can be applied throughout clear, shallow waters in the Caribbean and elsewhere.

中文翻译:

使用小型无人机对安的列斯海牛进行照片识别:一种监测加勒比海濒危海洋哺乳动物的新方法

许多濒危海洋巨型动物的种群评估和物种监测受到识别和跟踪生活在偏远且有时无法进入的地区的水下个体的挑战的限制。海牛可以从船只受伤和其他可用于识别个体的事件中获得疤痕。在这里,我们描述了一种使用小型多旋翼无人机飞行期间捕获的航空图像对安的列斯海牛 Trichechus manatus manatus 进行照片识别的新方法。2016 年至 2017 年期间,我们进行了 103 次飞行,以探测和观察伯利兹的海牛,主要是在伯利兹堡礁附近的圣乔治岛 (SGC)。回顾这些飞行的航拍视频,发现了 279 只海牛(245 只成年海牛,34 只小牛)。根据海牛个体的图像质量和独特性,提取并分类海牛个体的高分辨率图像,以进行照片识别。被归类为足够独特的海牛的高质量图像被用来创建一个包含 17 个可识别个体的目录。在 SGC,随着时间的推移,所有有视力的成年海牛(N = 214)中有 21% 被认为可以通过照片识别。我们建议该方法可用于调查海牛种群的单个站点保真度、栖息地使用和行为。我们的照片识别协议有可能改善对伯利兹安的列斯海牛的长期监测,并可应用于加勒比海和其他地方清澈的浅水区。被归类为足够独特的海牛的高质量图像被用来创建一个包含 17 个可识别个体的目录。在 SGC,随着时间的推移,所有有视力的成年海牛(N = 214)中有 21% 被认为可以通过照片识别。我们建议该方法可用于调查海牛种群的单个站点保真度、栖息地使用和行为。我们的照片识别协议有可能改善对伯利兹安的列斯海牛的长期监测,并可应用于加勒比海和其他地方清澈的浅水区。被归类为足够独特的海牛的高质量图像被用来创建一个包含 17 个可识别个体的目录。在 SGC,随着时间的推移,所有有视力的成年海牛(N = 214)中有 21% 被认为可以通过照片识别。我们建议该方法可用于调查海牛种群的单个站点保真度、栖息地使用和行为。我们的照片识别协议有可能改善对伯利兹安的列斯海牛的长期监测,并可应用于加勒比海和其他地方清澈的浅水区。和海牛种群的行为。我们的照片识别协议有可能改善对伯利兹安的列斯海牛的长期监测,并可应用于加勒比海和其他地方清澈的浅水区。和海牛种群的行为。我们的照片识别协议有可能改善对伯利兹安的列斯海牛的长期监测,并可应用于加勒比海和其他地方清澈的浅水区。
更新日期:2020-01-30
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