A review of data collection methods used to monitor the associations of wild species with marine aquaculture sites

G English, MJ Lawrence, CW McKindsey… - Reviews in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aquaculture contributes a significant portion of the global aquatic biomass destined for
human consumption. Bivalve and marine finfish aquaculture operations require sea‐based …

Synergistic use of UAV surveys, satellite tracking data, and mark‐recapture to estimate abundance of elusive species

HJ Stokes, JA Mortimer, JO Laloë, GC Hays… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Estimating population abundance is central to many ecological studies and important in
conservation planning. Yet the elusive nature of many species makes estimating their …

[HTML][HTML] Semi-supervised and weakly-supervised deep neural networks and dataset for fish detection in turbid underwater videos

M Jahanbakht, MR Azghadi, NJ Waltham - Ecological Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
Fish are key members of marine ecosystems, and they have a significant share in the
healthy human diet. Besides, fish abundance is an excellent indicator of water quality, as …

Integrating a UAV-derived DEM in object-based image analysis increases habitat classification accuracy on coral reefs

BO Nieuwenhuis, F Marchese, M Casartelli, A Sabino… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Very shallow coral reefs (< 5 m deep) are naturally exposed to strong sea surface
temperature variations, UV radiation and other stressors exacerbated by climate change …

An integrated multi-source dataset of elasmobranchs in the Red Sea following the Red Sea Decade Expedition

S Frappi, SG Klein, S Arossa, T Bervoets, IA Ciocanaru… - Scientific Data, 2024 - nature.com
Red Sea elasmobranch populations are facing alarming declines. Effective conservation
efforts require management strategies informed by extensive datasets and by developing an …

A multi-method characterization of Elasmobranch & Cheloniidae communities of the north-eastern Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba

F Garzon, CT Williams, JEM Cochran, LK Tanabe… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The Red Sea is particularly biodiverse, hosting high levels of endemism and numerous
populations whose extinction risk is heightened by their relative isolation. Elasmobranchs …

Mark-recapture validates the use of photo-identification for the widely distributed blue-spotted ribbontail ray, Taeniura lymma

AJ McIvor, CT Williams, WA Rich, AM Knochel… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The ability to identify individual animals can provide valuable insights into the behaviour, life
history, survivorship, and demographics of wild populations. Photo-identification (photo-ID) …

Low diversity and abundance of predatory fishes in a peripheral coral reef ecosystem

CT Williams, F Garzon, JEM Cochran… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Semi‐enclosed seas are often associated with elevated local threats and distinct
biogeographic patterns among marine fishes, but our understanding of how fish assemblage …

Spatial and temporal characterization of a recurrent scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini aggregation using drones

NA López, RB McAuley, S Van Elden… - ICES Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Scalloped hammerhead sharks Sphyrna lewini are threatened throughout their distribution.
The species forms aggregations, which can potentially increase its vulnerability to human …

Can denticle morphology help identify southeastern Australian elasmobranchs?

M Appleby, V Raoult, MK Broadhurst… - Journal of Fish …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Elasmobranchs are covered in scale‐like structures called dermal denticles, comprising
dentine and enameloid. These structures vary across the body of an individual and between …