The potential for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to conduct marine fauna surveys in place of manned aircraft

Automated detection and enumeration of marine wildlife using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and thermal imagery

(2017) A. C. Seymour et al.   Scientific Reports

Drones that see through waves - preliminary results from airborne fluid lensing for centimetre-scale aquatic conservation

(2016) Ved Chirayath et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Mapping coral reefs using consumer-grade drones and structure from motion photogrammetry techniques

(2016) Elisa Casella et al.   CORAL REEFS

Computer-automated bird detection and counts in high-resolution aerial images: a review

(2016) Dominique Chabot et al.   JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY

Using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to investigate shark and ray densities in a shallow coral lagoon

(2016) JJ Kiszka et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Artificial Intelligence Revolutionizing Wildlife Monitoring and Conservation

(2016) Luis Gonzalez et al.   SENSORS

Using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to investigate shark and ray densities in a shallow coral lagoon

(2016) JJ Kiszka et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Practical Bias Correction in Aerial Surveys of Large Mammals: Validation of Hybrid Double-Observer with Sightability Method against Known Abundance of Feral Horse (Equus caballus) Populations

(2016) Bruce C. Lubow et al.   PLoS One

Precision wildlife monitoring using unmanned aerial vehicles

(2016) Jarrod C. Hodgson et al.   Scientific Reports

Dawn of Drone Ecology: Low-Cost Autonomous Aerial Vehicles for Conservation

(2016) Lian Pin Koh et al.   Tropical Conservation Science

Aerial Surveys Using an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS): Comparison of Different Methods for Estimating the Surface Area of Sampling Strips

(2016) Jonathan Lisein et al.   Tropical Conservation Science

Improving in-water estimates of marine turtle abundance by adjusting aerial survey counts for perception and availability biases

(2015) M.M.P.B. Fuentes et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Are unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) the future of wildlife monitoring? A review of accomplishments and challenges

(2015) Julie Linchant et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

A small unmanned aerial system for estimating abundance and size of Antarctic predators

(2015) Michael E. Goebel et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Remote monitoring of giant kelp biomass and physiological condition: An evaluation of the potential for the Hyperspectral Infrared Imager (HyspIRI) mission

(2015) Tom W. Bell et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Using RPAS Multi-Spectral Imagery to Characterise Vigour, Leaf Development, Yield Components and Berry Composition Variability within a Vineyard

(2015) Clara Rey-Caramés et al.   Remote Sensing

Unmanned aerial systems for photogrammetry and remote sensing: A review

(2014) I. Colomina et al.   ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING

Experimental Evaluation of Shark Detection Rates by Aerial Observers

(2014) William D. Robbins et al.   PLoS One

Aerial survey of manatees, dolphins and sea turtles off northeastern Brazil: Correlations with coastal features and human activities

(2013) Maria Danise de Oliveira Alves et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Cetacean abundance and distribution in European Atlantic shelf waters to inform conservation and management

(2013) Philip S. Hammond et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Lightweight unmanned aerial vehicles will revolutionize spatial ecology

(2013) Karen Anderson et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Configuration and Specifications of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Early Site Specific Weed Management

(2013) Jorge Torres-Sánchez et al.   PLoS One

Unmanned Aerial Survey of Elephants

(2013) Cédric Vermeulen et al.   PLoS One

Ningaloo Reef: Shallow Marine Habitats Mapped Using a Hyperspectral Sensor

(2013) Halina T. Kobryn et al.   PLoS One

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Surveying Marine Fauna: A Dugong Case Study

(2013) Amanda Hodgson et al.   PLoS One

Population density and abundance of basking sharks Cetorhinus maximus in the lower Bay of Fundy, Canada

(2013) AJ Westgate et al.   Endangered Species Research

Accounting for missing data when assessing availability in animal population surveys: an application to ice-associated seals in the Bering Sea

(2012) Paul B. Conn et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Low-Altitude Aerial Surveys

(2011) ADAM C. WATTS et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Airborne sensors for detecting large marine debris at sea

(2011) Timothy S. Veenstra et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Size and long-term growth trends of Endangered fish-eating killer whales

(2010) H Fearnbach et al.   Endangered Species Research

Seasonal distribution of harbour porpoises and possible interference of offshore wind farms in the German North Sea

(2009) A Gilles et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Evaluation of an Unmanned Airborne System for Monitoring Marine Mammals

(2009) William R. Koski et al.   AQUATIC MAMMALS

Aerial survey as a tool to estimate whale shark abundance trends

(2008) David Rowat et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Aerial surveys of multiple species: critical assumptions and sources of bias in distance and mark–recapture estimators

(2008) Gavin J. Melville et al.   WILDLIFE RESEARCH