Accuracy and precision of habitat structural complexity metrics derived from underwater photogrammetry

W Figueira, R Ferrari, E Weatherby, A Porter, S Hawes… - Remote Sensing, 2015 - mdpi.com
In tropical reef ecosystems corals are the key habitat builders providing most ecosystem
structure, which influences coral reef biodiversity and resilience. Remote sensing …

Optical sensors and methods for underwater 3D reconstruction

M Massot-Campos, G Oliver-Codina - Sensors, 2015 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a survey on optical sensors and methods for 3D reconstruction in
underwater environments. The techniques to obtain range data have been listed and …

A quick, easy and non‐invasive method to quantify coral growth rates using photogrammetry and 3D model comparisons

ID Lange, CT Perry - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Coral growth rates vary significantly with environmental conditions and are thus important
indicators of coral health and reef carbonate production. Despite the importance of this …

Habitat structural complexity metrics improve predictions of fish abundance and distribution

R Ferrari, HA Malcolm, M Byrne, A Friedman… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat structural complexity influences biotic diversity and abundance, but its influence on
marine ecosystems has not been widely addressed. Recent advances in computer vision …

Quantifying multiscale habitat structural complexity: a cost-effective framework for underwater 3D modelling

R Ferrari, D McKinnon, H He, RN Smith, P Corke… - Remote Sensing, 2016 - mdpi.com
Coral reef habitat structural complexity influences key ecological processes, ecosystem
biodiversity, and resilience. Measuring structural complexity underwater is not trivial and …

Innovative study methods for the Mediterranean coralligenous habitats

PA Zapata-Ramírez, D Scaradozzi, L Sorbi… - … in Oceanography and …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Coralligenous habitats are of special interest in the Mediterranean Sea because they
represent one of the most important biodiversity 'hot-spots' and are considered of great …

The Catlin Seaview Survey–kilometre‐scale seascape assessment, and monitoring of coral reef ecosystems

M González‐Rivero, P Bongaerts… - Aquatic …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Marine ecosystems provide critically important goods and services to society, and hence
their accelerated degradation underpins an urgent need to take rapid, ambitious and …

A protocol for extracting structural metrics from 3D reconstructions of corals

EA Aston, S Duce, AS Hoey, R Ferrari - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The 3D structure of individual coral colonies provides insights into their ecological
functioning. While structure from motion techniques make it possible to reconstruct 3D …

End to end digitisation and analysis of three-dimensional coral models, from communities to corallites

L Gutierrez-Heredia, F Benzoni, E Murphy… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Coral reefs hosts nearly 25% of all marine species and provide food sources for half a billion
people worldwide while only a very small percentage have been surveyed. Advances in …

[HTML][HTML] Colony-level 3D Photogrammetry reveals that total linear extension and initial growth do not scale with complex morphological growth in the branching coral …

WC Million, S O'Donnell, E Bartels… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The ability to quantify changes in the structural complexity of reefs and individual coral
colonies that build them is vital to understanding, managing, and restoring the function of …