Satellite Remote Sensing for Wildlife Research in the Polar Regions

Remote sensing techniques for automated marine mammals detection: a review of methods and current challenges

(2022) Esteban N. Rodofili et al.   PeerJ

SealNet 2.0: Human-Level Fully-Automated Pack-Ice Seal Detection in Very-High-Resolution Satellite Imagery with CNN Model Ensembles

(2022) Bento C. Gonçalves et al.   Remote Sensing

The Potential of Satellite Imagery for Surveying Whales

(2021) Caroline Höschle et al.   SENSORS

Quantifying the causes and consequences of variation in satellite‐derived population indices: a case study of emperor penguins

(2021) Sara Labrousse et al.   Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation

Insights from the first global population estimate of Weddell seals in Antarctica

(2021) Michelle LaRue et al.   Science Advances

A convolutional neural network architecture designed for the automated survey of seabird colonies

(2021) Hieu Le et al.   Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation

SealNet: A fully-automated pack-ice seal detection pipeline for sub-meter satellite imagery

(2020) B.C. Gonçalves et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Discovery of new colonies by Sentinel2 reveals good and bad news for emperor penguins

(2020) Peter T. Fretwell et al.   Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation

Aerial-trained deep learning networks for surveying cetaceans from satellite imagery

(2019) Alex Borowicz et al.   PLoS One

Whale counting in satellite and aerial images with deep learning

(2019) Emilio Guirado et al.   Scientific Reports

A continent-wide search for Antarctic petrel breeding sites with satellite remote sensing

(2018) Mathew R. Schwaller et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Estimating the abundance of polar bears on Wrangel Island during late summer using high-resolution satellite imagery: a pilot study

(2018) Michelle A. LaRue et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Feasibility of using high-resolution satellite imagery to assess vertebrate wildlife populations

(2016) Michelle A. LaRue et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Benchmarking of data fusion algorithms in support of earth observation based Antarctic wildlife monitoring

(2016) Chandi Witharana et al.   ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING

First global census of the Adélie Penguin

(2014) H. J. Lynch et al.   AUK

Emigration in emperor penguins: implications for interpretation of long-term studies

(2014) Michelle A. LaRue et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Satellites, the All-Seeing Eyes in the Sky: Counting Elephant Seals from Space

(2014) Clive R. McMahon et al.   PLoS One

Whales from Space: Counting Southern Right Whales by Satellite

(2014) Peter T. Fretwell et al.   PLoS One

Mapping the Abundance and Distribution of Adélie Penguins Using Landsat-7: First Steps towards an Integrated Multi-Sensor Pipeline for Tracking Populations at the Continental Scale

(2014) Heather J. Lynch et al.   PLoS One

A method for estimating colony sizes of Adélie penguins using remote sensing imagery

(2014) M. A. LaRue et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Emperor penguin body surfaces cool below air temperature

(2013) D. J. McCafferty et al.   Biology Letters

Continental-scale mapping of Adélie penguin colonies from Landsat imagery

(2013) Mathew R. Schwaller et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

An Emperor Penguin Population Estimate: The First Global, Synoptic Survey of a Species from Space

(2012) Peter T. Fretwell et al.   PLoS One

Detection, differentiation, and abundance estimation of penguin species by high-resolution satellite imagery

(2012) Heather J. Lynch et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Satellite imagery can be used to detect variation in abundance of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in Erebus Bay, Antarctica

(2011) Michelle A. LaRue et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Penguins from space: faecal stains reveal the location of emperor penguin colonies

(2009) Peter T. Fretwell et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY