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Potential Impacts of Low Flows on Fish Foodscapes and Production in a Braided River

River Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Changes in river discharge affect the physical composition and connectivity of habitats which, in turn, may shape the spatial distribution of fish food abundance, accessibility and quality—the ‘foodscape’—of river ecosystems. However, the influence of river flows on fish foodscapes has received very little attention from scientists. We studied
Rick J. Stoffels, Richard S. A. White, Gergely T. Torok, Richard J. Measures, Kristy L. Hogsden, Alex F. Rose, Paul W. Lambert, Jaret P. Bilewitch, S. Elizabeth Graham, Lisa Smith, Amber R. Brooks, Brian J. Smith   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: The ecological function of mariculture

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Jinghui Fang, Fang Wang, Øivind Strand, Dapeng Liu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A UAV‐based deep learning pipeline for intertidal macrobenthos monitoring: Behavioral and age classification in Tachypleus tridentatus

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
The endangered tri‐spine horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus), a “living fossil” crucial to coastal ecology and biomedical research, is experiencing severe population declines. Effective conservation requires efficient monitoring, which traditional methods cannot deliver at scale. We develop an integrated UAV deep learning framework tailored to this
Xiaohai Chen, Yuyuan Bao, Ziwei Ying, Mujiao Xie, Ting Li, Jixing Zou, Jun Shi, Xiaoyong Xie   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of habitat heterogeneity and disturbance on benthic community structure in deep-sea polymetallic nodule environments and management implications for seabed mining

Frontiers in Marine Science
Habitat heterogeneity is known to influence faunal community structure, but its influence on deep-sea benthic communities remains understudied, particularly for polymetallic nodule environments in abyssal waters.
Ailish Ullmann, Ailish Ullmann, Ashley A. Rowden, Ashley A. Rowden, Daniel Leduc, Daniela Zeppilli   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparing convolutional neural network and random forest for benthic habitat mapping in Apollo Marine Park

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
A comparison of Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) and Random Forest (RF) model predictions of benthic habitats within Apollo Marine Park. The CNN (left) and RF (right) classification maps show the spatial distribution of three habitat types: high energy circalittoral rock with seabed‐covering sponges, low complexity circalittoral rock with non‐crowded
Henry Simmons, Dang Nguyen, Benjamin Misiuk, Daniel Ierodiaconou, Sunil Gupta, Oli Dalby, Mary Young   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Benthic habitat is an integral part of freshwater Mysis ecology. [PDF]

Freshw Biol, 2020
Stockwell JD, O'Malley BP, Hansson S, Chapina RJ, Rudstam LG, Weidel BC.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Evaluating methods for high‐resolution, national‐scale seagrass mapping in Google Earth Engine

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Marine habitat mapping using satellite imagery can provide baseline and monitoring data across large spatial scales and in remote locations globally. This study evaluates how key methodological choices influence the accuracy of open‐source (for non‐commercial use), cloud‐based satellite mapping workflows for seagrass meadows in the Maldives.
Matthew Floyd, Holly K. East, Andrew J. Suggitt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial Prioritization for the Zonation of a Reef System in a New Remote Marine Protected Area in the Southern Gulf of Mexico

Diversity
Coral reef ecosystems are biodiversity hotspots that provide essential ecological and environmental services but are increasingly threatened by anthropogenic pressure and climate change.
Juan Emanuel Frías-Vega, Rodolfo Rioja-Nieto, Erick Barrera-Falcón, Carlos Cruz-Vázquez, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Look at Important Marine Areas in the U.S. Beaufort and Chukchi Seas: Ecologically rich places to protect in the Arctic Ocean [PDF]

, 2016
Sound decision-making about the future of the U.S. Arctic Ocean must include an understanding of how its marine ecosystems function. Although all areas of the U.S. Chukchi and Beaufort seas contribute to ecological integrity, some are especially vital to

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Programmed unmanned aerial vehicles show great potential for monitoring marine megafauna in specific areas of interest

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Targeted conservation measures are contingent on robust knowledge of spatio‐temporal animal distribution in areas of interest. We explore unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) transect monitoring as a novel method for standardized digital aerial surveys of marine megafauna by investigating the fine‐resolution spatio‐temporal distribution of harbour porpoises ...
Dinah Hartmann, Valdemar Palmqvist, Johanna Stedt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source