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

The Potential of Satellite Imagery for Surveying Whales

(2021) Caroline Höschle et al.   SENSORS

Automated detection of wildlife using drones: Synthesis, opportunities and constraints

(2021) Evangeline Corcoran et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Machine learning to detect marine animals in UAV imagery: effect of morphology, spacing, behaviour and habitat

(2021) Antoine M. Dujon et al.   Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation

Use of satellite imagery to identify southern right whales ( Eubalaena australis ) on a Southwest Atlantic Ocean breeding ground

(2021) Audrey A. Corrêa et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Mapping Arctic cetaceans from space: A case study for beluga and narwhal

(2021) Bertrand Charry et al.   PLoS One

Evaluation of Satellite Imagery for Monitoring Pacific Walruses at a Large Coastal Haulout

(2021) Anthony S. Fischbach et al.   Remote Sensing

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

(2021) Michelle LaRue et al.   Science Advances

Cetacean Strandings From Space: Challenges and Opportunities of Very High Resolution Satellites for the Remote Monitoring of Cetacean Mass Strandings

(2021) Penny J. Clarke et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

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

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

A comparison of baleen whale density estimates derived from overlapping satellite imagery and a shipborne survey

(2020) C. C. G. Bamford et al.   Scientific Reports

Multi-Decadal Humpback Whale Migratory Route Fidelity Despite Oceanographic and Geomagnetic Change

(2020) Travis W. Horton et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Physical and ecological factors explain the distribution of Ross Sea Weddell seals during the breeding season

(2019) MA LaRue et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Drones and convolutional neural networks facilitate automated and accurate cetacean species identification and photogrammetry

(2019) Patrick C. Gray et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Surveying Wild Animals from Satellites, Manned Aircraft and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs): A Review

(2019) Dongliang Wang et al.   Remote Sensing

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

(2019) Alex Borowicz et al.   PLoS One

Drones for research on sea turtles and other marine vertebrates – A review

(2019) Gail Schofield et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Using remote sensing to detect whale strandings in remote areas: The case of sei whales mass mortality in Chilean Patagonia

(2019) Peter T. Fretwell et al.   PLoS One

Whale counting in satellite and aerial images with deep learning

(2019) Emilio Guirado et al.   Scientific Reports

Unoccupied Aircraft Systems in Marine Science and Conservation

(2018) David W. Johnston   Annual Review of Marine Science

A review of accuracy assessment for object-based image analysis: From per-pixel to per-polygon approaches

(2018) Su Ye et al.   ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING

How do you find the green sheep? A critical review of the use of remotely sensed imagery to detect and count animals

(2018) Tracey Hollings et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Monitoring marine mammals using unmanned aerial vehicles: quantifying detection certainty

(2018) Ana S. Aniceto et al.   Ecosphere

Spatial and seasonal patterns in acoustic detections of sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus along the continental slope in the western North Atlantic Ocean

(2018) JE Stanistreet et al.   Endangered Species Research

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

Whales from space: Four mysticete species described using new VHR satellite imagery

(2018) Hannah C. Cubaynes et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Detectability and categorization of California sea lions using an unmanned aerial vehicle

(2017) Karen Adame et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

The Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems in Marine Mammal Research

(2017) Lorenzo Fiori et al.   Remote Sensing

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

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

Long-term passive acoustic recordings track the changing distribution of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) from 2004 to 2014

(2017) Genevieve E. Davis et al.   Scientific Reports

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

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

Terrestrial habitat preferences and segregation of four pinniped species on the islands off the western coast of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

(2016) Alejandro Arias-del-Razo et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Bimodal Winter Haul-Out Patterns of Adult Weddell Seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in the Southern Weddell Sea

(2016) Lars Boehme et al.   PLoS One

Free and open-access satellite data are key to biodiversity conservation

(2015) W. Turner et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

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

Testing methods for using high-resolution satellite imagery to monitor polar bear abundance and distribution

(2015) Michelle A. LaRue et al.   WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN

Whales from Space: Counting Southern Right Whales by Satellite

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

The possibility of using high resolution satellite images for detection of marine mammals

(2013) N. G. Platonov et al.   BIOLOGY BULLETIN

Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis – Towards a new paradigm

(2013) Thomas Blaschke et al.   ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING

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

(2013) Amanda Hodgson et al.   PLoS One

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