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Progress and Perspectives on Question-Driven Coral-Reef Monitoring [PDF]

BioScience, 2013
Despite a steady growth in coral-reef monitoring efforts, the application of the monitoring results to decisionmaking often remains limited, because questions that can be answered are frequently posed after monitoring commences, rather than having the questions define the data to be gathered.
Peter Houk, Robert van Woesik
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Integrating and assessing metacommunity drivers of ecosystem function and resilience in benthic algal systems

Oikos, EarlyView.
Understanding the scales and mechanisms by which species composition interacts with ecosystem functions is critical for forecasting the effects of environmental perturbations on ecosystem services. However, the linkages between what regulates the ecosystem functions of dispersal‐capable networks of communities (metacommunities) and what regulates a ...
Thomas P. Shannon, Evelyn E. Gaiser
wiley   +1 more source

Fish as indicators of coral reef ecosystem status

Ecological Indicators
Monitoring coral reef health is essential for managing biodiversity and ecosystem services in the face of accelerating environmental change. Here, we assess whether aggregated reef fish indicators at the assemblage and family level can reflect variation ...
M.A. Samoilys, R.C. Roche, M. Gudka, C.J. Thouless, D. Obura, S. Rowlands, J. Mbugua, K. Osuka   +7 more
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What is ‘relational thinking’, and how does it manifest in research?

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract People and Nature is a ‘journal of relational thinking’. This editorial explores what relational thinking can mean and how it might be operationalized in the context of humans and the environment. Relational thinking may seem intuitive because it recognizes the world's inherent interconnectedness. However, the question of how to operationalize
Rachelle K. Gould, Stefan Partelow, Kevin J. Gaston, Tobias Plieninger, Helen E. Roy, Robert Fish, Andrea Rawluk   +6 more
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Formation Control With Obstacle Avoidance of Underwater Swarms Based on Relative Visual Feedback

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Underwater multi‐robot and swarm systems require advanced methodologies for controlling collective behavior. Conventional single‐robot techniques, such as tethering, sonar imaging, and acoustic localization, are not scalable or effective for swarm applications.
Andrea Infanti, Saverio Iacoponi, Saif Alameri, Mohamed El Hanbaly, Mohammed Tarnini, Cesare Stefanini, Giulia De Masi, Federico Renda   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using Deep Learning AI to Detect Riparian Vegetation Recovery Following a Major Flood in the Brisbane River

River Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Post‐flood riparian vegetation recovery demands significant attention; however, the complexity of traditional remote sensing methods often hinders environmental managers from implementing rapid vegetation monitoring. This paper developed a model using a Deep Learning Model within ArcGIS to classify and detect recovery of vegetation with high ...
Sydney O'Hare, Jinghan Li, Yongping Wei
wiley   +1 more source

Citizen science baseline dataset for monitored reef sites around Isla Solarte, Bocas del Toro, Panama (2023–2025)

Discover Oceans
Caribbean coral reefs have experienced long-term declines in coral cover, structural complexity, and ecological function, yet many local reef systems remain underrepresented in sustained monitoring programs.
Paula Sills, Rosie Young
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Automated object detection based on YOLOv11 for monitoring benthic population dynamics: A new approach combining photogrammetry and open‐source GIS tools applied to sea cucumbers

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
This research established a new object detection model based on YOLOv11 to recognise benthic organisms, specifically sea cucumbers, by utilising high‐resolution photogrammetric‐based orthomosaics acquired along infralittoral Mediterranean Sea beds. The model demonstrated impressive performance metrics and, when combined with the Deepness plugin for the
Gian Mario Sangiovanni, Giovanna Jona Lasinio, Daniele Poggio, Gianluca Mastrantonio, Alessio Pollice, Arnold Rakaj, Midhun Mohan, Stefano Moro, Edoardo Casoli, Daniele Ventura   +9 more
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Evaluating land–sea linkages using land cover change and coral reef monitoring data: A case study from northeastern Puerto Rico

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Land cover change that leads to increased nutrient and sediment runoff is an important driver of change in coral reef ecosystems. In this study, we combined satellite remote sensing and field monitoring to assess concomitant changes in watershed land cover and coral cover in northeastern Puerto Rico in 2000–2015.
Pirta Palola, Sasha Hills, Simon J. Pittman, Edwin A. Hernández‐Delgado, Antoine Collin, Lisa M. Wedding   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Widespread Bomb Fishing in Indo‐Pacific Archipelago Revealed Through Machine Learning Accelerated Passive Acoustic Monitoring

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
AI‐accelerated passive acoustic monitoring reveals extensive bomb fishing within the Spermonde Archipelago, with annual incidents numbering in the thousands. ABSTRACT Bomb fishing is recognised as the most destructive fishing practice that can be performed in our oceans.
Ben Williams, Mars Coral Restoration Project Monitoring Team, Aimee du Luart, Sonny Burniston, Tries B. Razak, Timothy A. C. Lamont, David J. Smith, Jamaluddin Jompa, David Curnick, Kate E. Jones   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source