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2. Drone lidar-derived surface complexity metrics as indicators of intertidal oyster reef condition
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Espriella, Michael C., Lecours, Vincent, Camp, Edward V., Andrew Lassiter, H., Wilkinson, Benjamin, Frederick, Peter C., and Pittman, Simon J.
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- 2023
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3. Understanding where land meets sea: spatial analysis of coastal environments
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Lecours, Vincent
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- 2018
4. Lake Regions of Florida : Patterns between lake water and shallow groundwater chemistry
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Canfield, Daniel E., Bachmann, Roger W., Hoyer, Mark V., Lecours, Vincent, and Copeland, Rick
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- 2020
5. Mapping queen snapper (Etelis oculatus) suitable habitat in Puerto Rico using ensemble species distribution modeling.
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Overly, Katherine E. and Lecours, Vincent
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SPECIES distribution , *HABITAT selection , *FISH populations , *FISH habitats , *DEEP-sea fishes , *HABITATS - Abstract
Queen snapper (Etelis oculatus) is of interest from an ecological and management perspective as it is the second most landed finfish species (by total pounds) as determined by Puerto Rico commercial landings (2010–2019). As fishing activities progressively expand into deeper waters, it is critical to gather data on deep-sea fish populations to identify essential fish habitats (EFH). In the U.S. Caribbean, the critically data-deficient nature of this species has made this challenging. We investigated the use of ensemble species distribution modeling (ESDM) to predict queen snapper distribution along the coast of Puerto Rico. Using occurrence data and terrain attributes derived from bathymetric datasets at different resolutions, we developed species distribution models unique to each sampling region (west, northeast, and southeast Puerto Rico) using seven different algorithms. Then, we developed ESDM models to analyze fish distribution using the highest-performing algorithms for each region. Model performance was evaluated for each ensemble model, with all depicting 'excellent' predictive capability (AUC > 0.8). Additionally, all ensemble models depicted 'substantial agreement' (Kappa > 0.7). We then used the models in combination with existing knowledge of the species' range to produce binary maps of potential queen snapper distributions. Variable importance differed across spatial resolutions of 30 m (west region) and 8 m (northeast and southeast region); however, bathymetry was consistently one of the best predictors of queen snapper suitable habitat. Positive detections showed strong regional patterns localized around large bathymetric features, such as seamounts and ridges. Despite the data-deficient condition of queen snapper population dynamics, these models will help facilitate the analysis of their spatial distribution and habitat preferences at different spatial scales. Our results therefore provide a first step in designing long-term monitoring programs targeting queen snapper, and determining EFH and the general distribution of this species in Puerto Rico. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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6. Fine-scale habitat characterization of The Gully, the Flemish Cap, and the Orphan Knoll, Northwest Atlantic, with a focus on cold-water corals
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Lecours, Vincent, primary, Gábor, Lukáš, additional, Edinger, Evan, additional, and Devillers, Rodolphe, additional
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- 2020
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7. List of contributors
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Abernethy, C., primary, Acoba, T., additional, Alvarez, Belinda, additional, Amado Filho, Gilberto M., additional, Amblas, D., additional, Angeletti, Lorenzo, additional, Archer, S.K., additional, Aschoff, John, additional, Auster, Peter J., additional, Avena, Paloma P., additional, Babb, Ivar, additional, Bahia, Ricardo, additional, Baker, Elaine K., additional, Baker, Matthew, additional, Bakkeplass, Kjell, additional, Båmstedt, Ulf, additional, Barrie, J. Vaughn, additional, Barymova, A.A., additional, Bastos, Alex C., additional, Bell, Trevor, additional, Ben, Radford, additional, Boni, Geandré C., additional, Boswarva, K.L., additional, Brandão, Simone Nunes, additional, Brizzolara, Jennifer L., additional, Brown, Craig J., additional, Brown, Tanya M, additional, Budanov, Leonid, additional, Buhl-Mortensen, Lene, additional, Buhl-Mortensen, Pål, additional, Burgos, Julian M., additional, Burke, L.A., additional, Calvert, Jay, additional, Canals, M., additional, Carpenter, Mallory, additional, Carroll, Andrew, additional, Chadi, Deena, additional, Church, Ian, additional, Clark, Malcolm R., additional, Coffin, Millard F., additional, Collin, Antoine, additional, Conlon, Suzanne, additional, Conroy, Christian W., additional, Conway, Kim W., additional, Curtis, Brittany, additional, da Silva, André Giskard Aquino, additional, da Silva, Carla Maria Menegola, additional, da Silva, João Paulo Ferreira, additional, Davies, P., additional, De Lauro, M., additional, de Oliveira, Renato Guimarães, additional, de Oliveira Batista, Diêgo, additional, Desnos, Yves-Louis, additional, Devillers, Rodolphe, additional, Di Stefano, Floriana, additional, Di Stefano, Massimo, additional, Dijkstra, J.A., additional, Dohner, Stephanie M., additional, Domack, Eugene W., additional, Dominguez, José M.L., additional, Dominguez, José Maria Landim, additional, Dove, D., additional, Dunham, A., additional, d’Acremont, Elia, additional, D’Angelo, Silvana, additional, Edinger, Evan, additional, Eichler, P.B., additional, Eichler, Patrícia Pinheiro Beck, additional, Esposito, E., additional, Farias, Carlos, additional, Farrell, Eugene, additional, Fernandez, Rodrigo, additional, Fernández-Salas, Luis M., additional, Ferreira, Beatrice P., additional, Ferreira, Lucas C., additional, Fiorentino, Andrea, additional, Foglini, Federica, additional, Fontes, Vanessa C., additional, Foulsham, E., additional, Fox, C., additional, Fox, Jodi M., additional, Fraile-Nuez, Eugenio, additional, Gábor, Lukáš, additional, Gallardo-Núñez, Marina, additional, Galparsoro, Ibon, additional, Galvez, Daphnie, additional, Gardner, Jonathan, additional, Garmendia, Joxe Mikel, additional, Geange, Shane, additional, Glasby, Chris, additional, Glenner, Henrik, additional, Gomes, M.P., additional, Gomes, Moab Praxedes, additional, Gontz, Allen M., additional, González-Dávila, Melchor, additional, González-Porto, Marcos, additional, Gràcia, Eulàlia, additional, Grande, Valentina, additional, Grasty, Sarah E., additional, Gray, John W., additional, Greene, H. Gary, additional, Grinyó, Jordi, additional, Grüss, A., additional, Guinan, J., additional, Günther, Carmen-Pia, additional, Hanslow, D., additional, Harris, Peter T., additional, Hass, H. Christian, additional, Häussermann, V., additional, Hill, Nicole, additional, Howe, J.A., additional, Howell, Kerry, additional, Ilich, Alex R., additional, Ingleton, T., additional, Isachenko, A.I., additional, Jamieson, Alan J., additional, Jordan, A., additional, Joshi, Siddhi, additional, Kaskela, Anu, additional, Kirchhoff, Stephane, additional, Koetz, Benjamin, additional, Kokorin, A.I., additional, Kotilainen, Aarno, additional, Kozlovskiy, V.V., additional, Kruss, Aleksandra, additional, Kuhn, Thomas, additional, Kung, R., additional, Lacharité, Myriam, additional, Laferriere, Alix, additional, Lafosse, Manfred, additional, Lamarche, Geoffroy, additional, Lapointe, Abby, additional, Laporte, Jean, additional, Lavoie, Caroline, additional, Leahy, Y., additional, Lecours, Vincent, additional, Leite, Marcos Daniel A., additional, Leite, Tatiana Silva, additional, Lemos, Ivan Cardoso, additional, Lettieri, Maria Teresa, additional, Leventer, Amy, additional, Linklater, M., additional, Lo Iacono, Claudio, additional, Longo, G.O., additional, López-González, Nieves, additional, Lozano, Pablo, additional, Lucieer, Vanessa, additional, Lyons, David, additional, Madricardo, Fantina, additional, Maida, Mauro, additional, Malik, M., additional, Martel, André, additional, Martinez Arbizu, Pedro, additional, Martin-Lauzer, François-Régis, additional, Masetti, G., additional, Mata, Dulce, additional, Mayer, Larry Alan, additional, McGonigle, Chris, additional, Mello, K., additional, Melo, Lizandra C., additional, Mikhaylyukova, P.G., additional, Miller, Douglas C., additional, Mokievsky, V.O., additional, Montereale-Gavazzi, Giacomo, additional, Moraes, Fernando C., additional, Moura, Rodrigo L., additional, Muaves, Lara Cristina, additional, Muñoz, Araceli, additional, Murawski, Steven A., additional, Muxika, Iñigo, additional, Naar, David F., additional, Narayanaswamy, B.E., additional, Nascimento Silva, L.L., additional, Neevin, Igor, additional, Neilson, J., additional, Nichol, Scott, additional, Nilsson, Martin, additional, Normandeau, Alexandre, additional, Nunes, Alina S., additional, Obando, R., additional, Óðinsson, Davíð Þór, additional, Ólafsdóttir, Steinunn H., additional, Oliveira, Natacha, additional, Orlova, Marina, additional, O’Brien, P.E., additional, O’Dowd, Leonie, additional, O’Sullivan, D., additional, Pallentin, Arne, additional, Palomino, Desirée, additional, Papenmeier, Svenja, additional, Penna, Shannon, additional, Perea, Hector, additional, Pesch, Roland, additional, Picard, Kim, additional, Pierdomenico, Martina, additional, Post, Alexandra L., additional, Prampolini, Mariacristina, additional, Propp, Claudia, additional, Przeslawski, Rachel, additional, Quaresma, Valéria S., additional, Rabaute, Alain, additional, Rayo, X., additional, Rebouças, Renata C., additional, Repkina, T.Yu., additional, Riddle, M.J., additional, Rodríguez, José Germán, additional, Romero, J., additional, Ross, R., additional, Rovira, D., additional, Rowden, Ashley A., additional, Rueda, José L., additional, Rühlemann, Carsten, additional, Russo, Giovanni Fulvio, additional, Ryabchuk, Daria, additional, Rybalko, A.E., additional, Sacchetti, F., additional, Sameoto, Jessica A., additional, Sánchez-Guillamón, Olga, additional, Santana-Casiano, J. Magdalena, additional, Schuchardt, Bastian, additional, Secchin, Nélio, additional, Sergeev, Alexander, additional, Shabalyn, N.V., additional, Shapiro, Aurélie, additional, Shaw, J., additional, Sigovini, Marco, additional, Smith, J., additional, Smith, J.R., additional, Smith, Stephen J., additional, Sotomayor-Garcia, Ana, additional, Sowers, D., additional, Stefaniak, Lauren M., additional, Stewart, Heather A., additional, Stockwell, Caitlin L., additional, Sukhacheva, Leontina, additional, Tappin, David R., additional, Taviani, Marco, additional, Teixeira, Luisa, additional, Terekhina, Ya.E., additional, Todd, Brian J., additional, Tokarev, M.Yu., additional, Toso, Carlotta, additional, Trembanis, Arthur C., additional, Uhlenkott, Katja, additional, Urra, Javier, additional, Varas, Diego, additional, Vázquez, Juan T., additional, Viana, Marina Gomes, additional, Vieira, Laura S., additional, Vila, Yolanda, additional, Vink, Annemiek, additional, Violante, C., additional, Violante, Crescenzo, additional, Viscasillas, Lourdes, additional, Vital, H., additional, Vital, Helenice, additional, Watling, Les, additional, Watson, Sally J., additional, Weijerman, M., additional, Whittaker, Joanne, additional, Ylla, J., additional, Zajac, Roman N., additional, Zeiler, Manfred, additional, and Zhamoida, Vladimir, additional
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- 2020
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8. Marine Geomorphometry
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Lecours, Vincent, Dolan, Margaret, and Lucieer, Vanessa
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Geomorphometry is the science of quantitative terrain characterization and analysis, and has traditionally focused on the investigation of terrestrial and planetary landscapes. However, applications of marine geomorphometry have now moved beyond the simple adoption of techniques developed for terrestrial studies, driven by the rise in the acquisition of high-resolution seafloor data and by the availability of user-friendly spatial analytical tools. Considering that the seafloor represents 71% of the surface of our planet, this is an important step towards understanding the Earth in its entirety.This volume is the first one dedicated to marine applications of geomorphometry. It showcases studies addressing the five steps of geomorphometry: sampling a surface (e.g., the seafloor), generating a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) from samples, preprocessing the DTM for subsequent analyses (e.g., correcting for errors and artifacts), deriving terrain attributes and/or extracting terrain features from the DTM, and using and explaining those terrain attributes and features in a given context. Throughout these studies, authors address a range of challenges and issues associated with applying geomorphometric techniques to the complex marine environment, including issues related to spatial scale, data quality, and linking seafloor topography with physical, geological, biological, and ecological processes. As marine geomorphometry becomes increasingly recognized as a sub-discipline of geomorphometry, this volume brings together a collection of research articles that reflect the types of studies that are helping to chart the course for the future of marine geomorphometry.
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- 2019
9. Editorial: Frontiers in marine geomorphometry.
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Misiuk, Benjamin, Lecours, Vincent, Prampolini, Mariacristina, Bucci, Monica Giona, and Cristina Araújo, Tereza
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OCEANOGRAPHIC maps ,BATHYMETRIC maps ,MARINE habitats ,RELIEF models - Abstract
This editorial published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science discusses the field of marine geomorphometry, which involves the quantitative characterization of the seabed terrain. The editorial highlights advancements in seabed mapping technologies and the increasing availability of data, which provide opportunities for innovation in marine geomorphometry. The document introduces a research topic on Frontiers in Marine Geomorphometry, aiming to disseminate novel approaches and applications of quantitative analysis of seafloor mapping datasets. The editorial emphasizes the importance of understanding, monitoring, and managing the oceans, especially in the context of the United Nations' Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. The document concludes by discussing various applications of marine geomorphometry, including habitat mapping, ecological analysis, and geohazard assessment, and mentions state-of-the-art approaches such as deep learning for automating marine geomorphometric and morphological analyses. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2024
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10. MultiscaleDTM : An open‐source R package for multiscale geomorphometric analysis
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Ilich, Alexander R., primary, Misiuk, Benjamin, additional, Lecours, Vincent, additional, and Murawski, Steven A., additional
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- 2023
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11. Habitat Mapping
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Lecours, Vincent, primary
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- 2019
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12. Exploring the Effects of Acoustic Frequency on Terrain Attributes and Classifications Derived from Digital Bathymetric Models at Multiple Scales
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Lecours, Vincent, Misiuk, Benjamin, and Brown, Craig J.
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In recent years, new multibeam echosounders that can simultaneously collect data at multiple frequencies have become available. However, the effects of acoustic frequency on bathymetric data have yet to be characterized, as early research on these new systems has instead focused on backscatter data. Here we explore such effects by deriving terrain attributes and classifications from bathymetric data from Head Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada, that were collected at five different operating frequencies. The geomorphometric analyses were conducted on bathymetric surfaces generated from data collected at each operating frequency using four scales of analysis. Results show that bathymetry, its derived terrain attributes, and terrain classifications produced with them are all dependent on the acoustic frequency used to collect bathymetric data. While the observed effects on the regional bathymetry were relatively minor, local bathymetry, terrain attributes and terrain classifications were highly impacted by the frequency used when collecting data. The impacts were less important when the terrain attributes and classifications were generated using broader scales of analysis. These results raise questions about how bathymetry is measured and defined and how we should interpret the outcomes of marine geomorphometric analyses. This is particularly relevant as such analyses have become a key component of marine habitat mapping and submarine geomorphology mapping.
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- 2023
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13. Scale mismatches between predictor and response variables in species distribution modelling: A review of practices for appropriate grain selection
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Moudrý, Vítězslav, primary, Keil, Petr, additional, Cord, Anna F, additional, Gábor, Lukáš, additional, Lecours, Vincent, additional, Zarzo-Arias, Alejandra, additional, Barták, Vojtěch, additional, Malavasi, Marco, additional, Rocchini, Duccio, additional, Torresani, Michele, additional, Gdulová, Kateřina, additional, Grattarola, Florencia, additional, Leroy, François, additional, Marchetto, Elisa, additional, Thouverai, Elisa, additional, Prošek, Jiří, additional, Wild, Jan, additional, and Šímová, Petra, additional
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- 2023
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14. Using Drone Imagery to Map Intertidal Oyster Reefs along Florida’s Gulf of Mexico Coast
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Espriella, Michael, primary and Lecours, Vincent, additional
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- 2023
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15. Comparison of 3D structural metrics on oyster reefs using unoccupied aircraft photogrammetry and terrestrial LiDAR across a tidal elevation gradient.
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Ridge, Justin T., DiGiacomo, Alexandra E., Rodriguez, Antonio B., Himmelstein, Joshua D., Johnston, David W., and Lecours, Vincent
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REEFS ,AMERICAN oyster ,STANDARD deviations ,TIDAL flats ,LIDAR ,OYSTERS ,CORAL reef restoration ,DIGITAL elevation models - Abstract
Physical structures generated from ecosystem engineers can have a cascade of impacts on the ecological community and the surrounding landscape. The Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica can form extensive intertidal reefs, whose three‐dimensional structures provide ecosystem services like nursery and foraging habitat for fishes and invertebrates and shoreline stabilization. Measurements of the structural properties of these reefs provide opportunities to quantitatively assess associated services. There is a growing variety of tools available for measuring three‐dimensional (3D) properties of intertidal habitats, including two remote sensing methods that capture 3D structural metrics in a number of environments. We surveyed reefs using a terrestrial laser scanner (TLS, LiDAR) and imagery from unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS, or drones) processed through Structure from Motion photogrammetry. Comparisons of digital elevation models from repetitive flights over an oyster reef to checkpoints yielded mean horizontal and vertical root mean square errors (RMSE) of −0.54 ± 0.47 cm and 0.97 ± 1.0 cm (Mean ± SD), respectively, indicating high accuracy among UAS surveys. Compared to TLS products, point cloud densities from UAS‐derived products were more consistent across the reef elevation gradient and much denser overall except in the low reef zone, which was proximal to most of the TLS scan locations. Comparisons of structural metrics between UAS and TLS showed similarities in metrics like profile and planform curvatures, yet indicated UAS surveys produced higher values of surface complexity and slope. Results indicate that UAS photogrammetry can produce robust oyster reef structural metrics that can be highly useful in oyster conservation and restoration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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16. Long‐term analysis of persistence and size of swallow and martin roosts in the US Great Lakes.
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Belotti, Maria Carolina T. D., Deng, Yuting, Zhao, Wenlong, Simons, Victoria F., Cheng, Zezhou, Perez, Gustavo, Tielens, Elske, Maji, Subhransu, Sheldon, Daniel, Kelly, Jeffrey F., Horton, Kyle G., Lecours, Vincent, and Van Den Broeke, Matthew
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ROOSTING ,SURVEILLANCE radar ,DEGLUTITION ,RADAR meteorology ,LAKES ,MACHINE learning - Abstract
In this study, we combined a machine learning pipeline and human supervision to identify and label swallow and martin roost locations on data captured from 2000 to 2020 by 12 Weather Surveillance Radars in the Great Lakes region of the US. We employed radar theory to extract the number of birds in each roost detected by our technique. With these data, we set out to investigate whether roosts formed consistently in the same geographic area over two decades and whether consistency was also predictive of roost size. We used a clustering algorithm to group individual roost locations into 104 high‐density regions and extracted the number of years when each of these regions was used by birds to roost. In addition, we calculated the overall population size and analyzed the daily roost size distributions. Our results support the hypothesis that more persistent roosts are also gathering more birds, but we found that on average, most individuals congregate in roosts of smaller size. Given the concentrations and consistency of roosting of swallows and martins in specific areas throughout the Great Lakes, future changes in these patterns should be monitored because they may have important ecosystem and conservation implications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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17. Spatial scale and geographic context in benthic habitat mapping : review and future directions
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Lecours, Vincent, Devillers, Rodolphe, Schneider, David C., Lucieer, Vanessa L., Brown, Craig J., and Edinger, Evan N.
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- 2015
18. Correction: Espriella, M.C.; Lecours, V. Optimizing the Scale of Observation for Intertidal Habitat Classification through Multiscale Analysis. Drones 2022, 6, 140
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Espriella, Michael C., primary and Lecours, Vincent, additional
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- 2022
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19. Characterizing bedforms in shallow seas as an integrative predictor of seafloor stability and the occurrence of macrozoobenthic species.
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Meijer, Kasper J., Franken, Oscar, van der Heide, Tjisse, Holthuijsen, Sander J., Visser, Wim, Govers, Laura L., Olff, Han, Lecours, Vincent, and Misiuk, Benjamin
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SAND waves ,ORBITAL velocity ,DREDGING (Fisheries) ,OCEANOGRAPHIC maps ,MARINE ecology ,ECHO sounding - Abstract
In soft‐bottom marine ecosystems, bedform variation is induced by wind‐ and tidal‐driven hydrodynamics. The resulting megaripples, sand waves and sandbanks form a spatially and temporally heterogeneous seafloor landscape. The strong physical forces imposed by the migration of these bedforms are important determinants for the occurrence of different macrozoobenthic species. Quantifying the effect of these forces can help in differentiating natural‐ and anthropogenically induced physical stressors. However, large‐scale mapping of seabed morphology at high resolution using multibeam echosounder is challenging, costly and time‐consuming, especially in shallow seas, prohibiting wide swaths. Instead, their bathymetry is typically studied using single‐beam transects that are interpolated to bathymetric grids with a relatively coarse resolution (20 m). However, this leaves out information on smaller scale (<20 m) bedforms that can be ecologically relevant. In the Dutch Wadden sea, a shallow tidal system, we characterized bedform variation at high resolution using single‐beam data for the first time. We calculated a 2‐D Terrain Ruggedness Index (TRI) at sub‐meter resolution along the single‐beam transects and interpolated the results to a full 3‐D grid. We then validated the result by relating TRI to independently modeled hydrodynamic parameters and to the distribution of macrozoobenthic species. We found that TRI successfully integrates the variation of tidal‐driven bed shear stress and wave‐driven orbital velocity. In addition, we found TRI to be a good predictor of the occurrence of macrozoobenthic species. The inferred small‐scale bedforms provide valuable information for separating the relative importance of natural dynamics versus anthropogenic disturbances such as dredging and bottom trawling activities. We discuss that by repurposing already available single‐beam data in this way, bedforms can be characterized at high resolution without the need for additional equipment or mapping campaigns, yielding novel input to decision‐making on marine management and conservation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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20. Drone‐mounted audio‐visual deterrence of bats: implications for reducing aerial wildlife mortality by wind turbines.
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Werber, Yuval, Hareli, Gadi, Yinon, Omer, Sapir, Nir, Yovel, Yossi, Lecours, Vincent, and Sugai, Larissa Sayuri Moreira
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BATS ,WIND turbines ,WILDLIFE conservation ,RENEWABLE energy sources ,ANIMAL flight ,ANIMAL mortality - Abstract
Wind energy is a major and rapidly expanding renewable energy source. Horizontal‐axis wind turbines, the main tool in this industry, induce mortality in flying animals and consequently bring about conservation concerns and regulatory restrictions. We utilized a unique combination of RADAR, LIDAR and ultrasonic acoustic recorders to test the utility of a novel technology meant to prevent wind turbine‐related mortality in bats. Our drone‐mounted deterrent device produces a pulsating combination of strong auditory and visual signals while moving through the air. LIDAR was used to assess the device's impact below its flight altitude and RADAR to assess its influence above its flight altitude. Continuous acoustic recordings from ground level to ~400 m above‐ground‐level were used to monitor bat activity in the research site. We recorded the nightly altitudinal distributions of multiple bat species throughout the experiment. Analysis revealed a significant change in activity while the deterrent was flying compared to baseline conditions. We also recorded a significant ~40% decrease below and a significant ~50% increase above the deterrent's flight altitude during its operation compared to the post‐flight control. The tested technology is independent of wind farm activities and does not require modifying wind turbine form or operation procedures. The device differs from previously proposed solutions by being dynamic – moving in the airspace and emitting constantly changing signals – thus decreasing the probability of animal habituation. Our findings suggest that the deterrent could dramatically decrease wind turbine‐related mortality by deterring bats from approaching rotor‐swept airspace. Focused implementation in conditions where bat activity and energy production are in conflict may provide a practical, cost‐effective mortality mitigation solution compared to current alternatives. Thus, our results should be considered by the wind‐turbine industry and environmental monitoring and animal conservation organizations, as well as by regulatory agencies, when pursuing alleviation of wind turbine‐related mortality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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21. Passive acoustic surveys reveal interactions between frugivorous birds and fruiting trees on a large forest dynamics plot.
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Dong, Anran, He, Xuelian, Deng, Yiming, Lin, Luxiang, Goodale, Eben, Lecours, Vincent, and Ahumada, Jorge
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FOREST dynamics ,FRUIT trees ,ANIMAL sounds ,ANIMAL-plant relationships ,IDENTIFICATION of animals - Abstract
Long‐term vegetation plots represent one of the largest types of research investments in ecology, but efforts to interrelate data on plants with that on animals are constrained because of the disturbance produced by human observers. Recent advances in the automated identification of animal sounds on large datasets of autonomously collected audio recordings hold the potential to describe plant–animal interactions, such as between frugivorous birds and fruiting trees, without such disturbance. We deployed an array of nine autonomous recording units (ARUs) on the 400 × 500 m Bubeng Forest Dynamics Plot, in Xishuangbanna, southwest China, and collected a total of 1965 h of recordings across two seasons. Animal Sound Identifier (ASI) software was used to detect the vocalizations of five frugivorous bird species, and the probability of detection was related to the number of mature fruiting trees within a 50 m radius of the ARUs. There were more significant positive relationships than would be expected by chance in analyses that investigated bird/tree interactions across 3 months, both in the wet season and the dry season, as well as in short‐term analyses within the dry season months of October and November. The analysis identified 54 interactions between bird and tree species with significant positive relationships. Follow‐up observations of birds on the plot validated that such interactions were more likely to be observed than other interactions. We demonstrate that ARUs and automated voice identification can map the distribution and/or movement of vocal animals across large vegetation plots, allowing this data on animals to be inter‐related to that on plants. We suggest that ARUs be added to the standardized protocols of the plot network, leveraging their vast amount of information about vegetation to describe plant–animal interactions currently, and monitor changes in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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22. Prospects for monitoring bird migration along the East Asian‐Australasian Flyway using weather radar.
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Shi, Xu, Hu, Cheng, Soderholm, Joshua, Chapman, Jason, Mao, Huafeng, Cui, Kai, Ma, Zhijun, Wu, Dongli, Fuller, Richard A., Lecours, Vincent, and Laurin, Gaia Vaglio
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BIRD migration ,WEATHER radar networks ,RADAR meteorology ,MIGRATION flyways ,BIRD surveys ,BIRD communities ,MIGRATORY birds - Abstract
Each year, billions of birds migrate across the globe, and interpretation of weather radar signals is increasingly being used to document the spatial and temporal migration patterns in Europe and America. Such approaches are yet to be applied in the East Asian‐Australasian Flyway (EAAF), one of the most species‐rich and threatened flyways in the world. Logistical challenges limit direct on‐ground monitoring of migratory birds in many parts of the EAAF, resulting in knowledge gaps on population status and site use that limit evidence‐based conservation planning. Weather radar data have great potential for achieving comprehensive migratory bird monitoring along the EAAF. In this study, we discuss the feasibility and challenges of using weather radar to complement on‐ground bird migration surveys in the flyway. We summarize the location, capacity and data availability of weather radars across EAAF countries, as well as the spatial coverage of the radars with respect to migrants' geographic distribution and migration hotspots along the flyway, with an exemplar analysis of biological movement patterns extracted from Chinese weather radars. There are more than 430 weather radars in EAAF countries, covering on average half of bird species' passage and non‐breeding distributions, as well as 70% of internationally important sites for migratory shorebirds. We conclude that the weather radar network could be a powerful resource for monitoring bird movements over the full annual cycle throughout much of the EAAF, providing estimates of migration traffic rates, site use, and long‐term population trends, especially in remote and less‐surveyed regions. Analyses of weather radar data would complement existing ornithological surveys and help understand the past and present status of the avian community in a highly threatened flyway. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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23. How can Sentinel‐2 contribute to seagrass mapping in shallow, turbid Baltic Sea waters?
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Kuhwald, Katja, Schneider von Deimling, Jens, Schubert, Philipp R., Oppelt, Natascha, Scales, Kylie, and Lecours, Vincent
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Seagrass meadows are one of the most important benthic habitats in the Baltic Sea. Nevertheless, spatially continuous mapping data of Zostera marina, the predominant seagrass species in the Baltic Sea, are lacking in the shallow coastal waters. Sentinel-2 turned out to be valuable for mapping coastal benthic habitats in clear waters, whereas knowledge in turbid waters is rare. Here, we transfer a clear water mapping approach to turbid waters to assess how Sentinel-2 can contribute to seagrass mapping in the Western Baltic Sea. Sentinel-2 data were atmospherically corrected using ACOLITE and subsequently corrected for water column effects. To generate a data basis for training and validating random forest classification models, we developed an upscaling approach using video transect data and aerial imagery. We were able to map five coastal benthic habitats: bare sand (25 km²), sand dominated (16 km²), seagrass dominated (7 km²), dense seagrass (25 km²) and mixed substrates with red/ brown algae (3.5 km²) in a study area along the northern German coastline. Validation with independent data pointed out that water column correction does not significantly improve classification results compared to solely atmospherically corrected data (balanced overall accuracies ˜0.92). Within optically shallow waters (0–4 m), per class and overall balanced accuracies (>0.82) differed marginally depending on the water depth. Overall balanced accuracy became worse (
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24. Remote sensing techniques for automated marine mammals detection: a review of methods and current challenges
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Rodofili, Esteban N., primary, Lecours, Vincent, additional, and LaRue, Michelle, additional
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25. Optimizing the Scale of Observation for Intertidal Habitat Classification through Multiscale Analysis
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Espriella, Michael C., primary and Lecours, Vincent, additional
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26. Deep learning algorithm outperforms experienced human observer at detection of blue whale D‐calls: a double‐observer analysis.
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Miller, Brian S., Madhusudhana, Shyam, Aulich, Meghan G., Kelly, Nat, Lecours, Vincent, and Risch, Denise
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MACHINE learning ,BLUE whale ,DEEP learning ,IMAGE recognition (Computer vision) ,SIGNAL-to-noise ratio ,DETECTORS - Abstract
An automated algorithm for passive acoustic detection of blue whale D‐calls was developed based on established deep learning methods for image recognition via the DenseNet architecture. The detector was trained on annotated acoustic recordings from the Antarctic, and performance of the detector was assessed by calculating precision and recall using a separate independent dataset also from the Antarctic. Detections from both the human analyst and automated detector were then inspected by an independent judge to identify any calls missed by either approach and to adjudicate whether the apparent false‐positive detections from the automated approach were actually true positives. A final performance assessment was conducted using double‐observer methods (via a closed‐population Huggins mark–recapture model) to assess the probability of detection of calls by both the human analyst and automated detector, based on the assumption of false‐positive‐free adjudicated detections. According to our double‐observer analysis, the automated detector showed superior performance with higher recall and fewer false positives than the original human analyst, and with performance similar to existing top automated detectors. To understand the performance of both detectors we inspected the time‐series and signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) of detections for the test dataset, and found that most of the advantages from the automated detector occurred at low and medium SNR. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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27. A New Toolset for Multiscale Seabed Characterization
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Ilich, Alexander, primary, Misiuk, Benjamin, additional, Lecours, Vincent, additional, and Murawski, Steven, additional
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28. Using UAS-based LiDAR data to quantify oyster reef structural characteristics for temporal monitoring
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Espriella, Michael C., primary, Lecours, Vincent, additional, Lassiter, H. Andrew, additional, and Wilkinson, Benjamin, additional
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29. Geomorphometry of the deep Gulf of Mexico
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Lecours, Vincent, primary
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30. Recent advances in geomorphometry: opportunities for submarine geomorphology
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Lecours, Vincent, primary
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31. A new index to quantify longitudinal river fragmentation: Conservation and management implications
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Jumani, Suman, primary, Deitch:, Matthew J., additional, Valle, Denis, additional, Machado, Siddarth, additional, Lecours, Vincent, additional, Kaplan, David, additional, Krishnaswamy, Jagdish, additional, and Howard, Jeanette, additional
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32. Remote sensing and the UN Ocean Decade: high expectations, big opportunities
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Lecours, Vincent, primary, Disney, Mathias, additional, He, Kate, additional, Pettorelli, Nathalie, additional, Rowcliffe, J. Marcus, additional, Sankey, Temuulen, additional, and Scales, Kylie, additional
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- 2021
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33. Earth observation for ecosystem accounting: spatially explicit national seagrass extent and carbon stock in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar.
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Traganos, Dimosthenis, Pertiwi, Avi Putri, Lee, Chengfa Benjamin, Blume, Alina, Poursanidis, Dimitris, Shapiro, Aurelie, Lecours, Vincent, and Zheng, Gang
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SEAGRASSES ,COASTAL biodiversity ,ECOSYSTEMS ,COMPUTING platforms ,CARBON ,REMOTE sensing ,CLOUD computing - Abstract
Seagrass ecosystems are globally significant hot spots of blue carbon storage, coastal biodiversity and coastal protection, rendering them a so‐called natural climate solution. Their potential as a natural climate solution has been largely overlooked in national and international climate strategies and financing. This stems mainly from the lack of standardized, spatially explicit mapping and region‐specific carbon inventories. Here, we introduce a novel seagrass ecosystem accounting framework that harnesses machine learning, big satellite data analytics and open region‐specific reference data within the Google Earth Engine cloud computing platform. Leveraging a biennial percentile composite, assembled from 16 453 Sentinel‐2 surface reflectance image tiles at 10‐m spatial resolution, and 20 820 reference data points, we applied the cloud‐native framework to produce the first national inventories of seagrass extent and total seagrass carbon stocks in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar. We estimated 4316 km2 of regional seagrass extent (mean F1‐score of 59.3% and overall accuracy of 84.3%) up to 23 m of depth. Pairing country‐specific in situ carbon data and our spatially explicit seagrass extents, we calculated total regional seagrass blue carbon stocks between 11.2–40.2 million MgC, with the largest national carbon pool in Kenya (8–29.2 million MgC). We envisage that improvements in the remote sensing components of the framework guided by a necessary influx of region‐specific data on seagrass stocks and fluxes could reduce uncertainties in our current spatially explicit ecosystem extent and carbon accounts, enhancing the incorporation of seagrasses into Multilateral Environmental Agreements for future resilient ecosystems, societies and economies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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34. Geomorphological development of aquatic mesohabitats in shore channels along longitudinal training dams.
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Flores, Natasha Y., Collas, Frank P. L., Leuven, Rob S. E. W., Lecours, Vincent, and Misiuk, Ben
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SHORELINE monitoring ,RIVER channels ,DAMS ,BEACH erosion ,OPTICAL radar ,LIDAR ,HYDRAULIC structures ,HYDRAULIC engineering - Abstract
Longitudinal training dams (LTDs) are novel hydraulic engineering structures in the river Waal intended to facilitate intensive navigation and safe discharges in the main channel while providing sheltered habitats for aquatic biota in shore channels. Monitoring data collected using light detection and ranging, multibeam echosounder and aerial photography for the years during and after the construction of the LTDs were analysed in order to determine patterns of erosion and deposition, the retreat rate of steep eroding banks and shoreline length change through time. The LTD shore channels and two traditional groyne fields (references) were divided into nine mesohabitats based on physical attributes. Net erosion was estimated for eight out of the nine mesohabitats for the 2015–2020 period. Generally, there was a pattern of riverbed aggradation towards the LTDs and degradation or bank erosion towards the littoral zones of the LTD shore channels. This kind of continuous behaviour could be indicative of current or eminent channel and thus habitat stability. The bankline erosion in shore channels had mean retreat rates of 1.4–1.6 m/year. The shorelines were longer in sand‐dominated mesohabitats, which could be key for habitat heterogeneity. The LTD shore channels offered more complex relatively natural continuous littoral zones than the traditional groyne fields while maintaining the multifunctionality of the river. Thus, the development of sandy shorelines in the LTD shore channels should be encouraged through management in order to enhance biodiversity. Geomorphological monitoring of the shore channels should continue in the future in order to detect any long‐term changes in the sedimentary processes and ecological functions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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35. Editorial: Seafloor Mapping of the Atlantic Ocean
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Buhl-Mortensen, Pål, primary, Lecours, Vincent, additional, and Brown, Craig J., additional
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36. Underwater robots provide similar fish biodiversity assessments as divers on coral reefs
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Maslin, Mathilde, Louis, Silvain, Godary Dejean, Karen, Lapierre, Lionel, Villéger, Sébastien, Claverie, Thomas, Pettorelli, Nathalie, Lecours, Vincent, Ecosystèmes Insulaires Océaniens (UMR 241) (EIO), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de la Polynésie Française (UPF)-Institut Louis Malardé [Papeete] (ILM), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Interactive Autonomous DYnamic Systems [Roquefort] (IADYS), Robotique mobile pour l'exploration de l'environnement (EXPLORE), Laboratoire d'Informatique de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier (LIRMM), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), MARine Biodiversity Exploitation and Conservation (UMR MARBEC), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre Universitaire de Formation et de Recherche de Mayotte (CUFR), ANR-16-IDEX-0006,MUSE,MUSE(2016), Université de la Polynésie Française (UPF)-Institut Louis Malardé [Papeete] (ILM), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
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0106 biological sciences ,Technology ,Coral reef fish ,Fringing reef ,Biodiversity ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,[SPI.AUTO]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Automatic ,transect surveys ,14. Life underwater ,Computers in Earth Sciences ,Transect ,QH540-549.5 ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,stereovision ,[SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography ,Nature and Landscape Conservation ,Biomass (ecology) ,geography ,fish biometrics ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Ecology ,[SDE.IE]Environmental Sciences/Environmental Engineering ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Coral reef ,marine robotics ,Fishery ,Coral reef ecosystems ,Environmental science ,Species evenness ,Species richness ,[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology - Abstract
International audience; Coral reefs are under increasing threat, and the loss of reef-associated fishes providing valuable ecosystem services is accelerating. The monitoring of such rapid changes has become a challenge for ecologists and ecosystems managers using traditional approaches like scuba divers performing underwater visual censuses (UVC) or diver operated video recording (DOV). However, the use of small, low-cost robots could help tackle the challenge of such monitoring, provided that they perform at least as well as diver-based methods. To address this question, tropical fish assemblages from 13 fringing reefs around Mayotte Island (Indian Ocean) were monitored along 50 m-long transects using stereo videos recorded by a semi-autonomous underwater vehicle (SAUV) and by a scuba diver (Diver Operated stereo Video system, DOV). Differences between the methods were tested for complementary fish assemblage metrics (species richness, total biomass, total density, Shannon diversity and Pielou evenness) and for the number and size of nine targeted species. SAUV recorded on average 35% higher biomass than DOV which in turn recorded on average 12% higher species richness. Biomass differences were found to be due to SAUV monitoring larger fishes than DOV, a potential marker of human-related fish avoidance behaviour. This study demonstrates that SAUV provides accurate metrics of coral reef fish biodiversity compared to diver-based procedures. Given their ability to conduct video transects at high frequency, 100 m depth range and at a moderate cost, SAUV is a promising tool for monitoring fish assemblages in coral reef ecosystems.
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37. Chapter 44 - Fine-scale habitat characterization of The Gully, the Flemish Cap, and the Orphan Knoll, Northwest Atlantic, with a focus on cold-water corals
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Lecours, Vincent, Gábor, Lukáš, Edinger, Evan, and Devillers, Rodolphe
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38. HydroMoth: Testing a prototype low‐cost acoustic recorder for aquatic environments.
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Lamont, Timothy A. C., Chapuis, Lucille, Williams, Ben, Dines, Sasha, Gridley, Tess, Frainer, Guilherme, Fearey, Jack, Maulana, Permas B., Prasetya, Mochyudho E., Jompa, Jamaluddin, Smith, David J., Simpson, Stephen D., Lecours, Vincent, and Guillard, Jean
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UNDERWATER acoustics ,IDENTIFICATION of fishes ,MARINE mammals ,SOUND recordings ,BIOACOUSTICS ,AQUATIC biodiversity - Abstract
Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) involves recording the sounds of animals and environments for research and conservation. PAM is used in a range of contexts across terrestrial, marine and freshwater environments. However, financial constraints limit applications within aquatic environments; these costs include the high cost of submersible acoustic recorders. We quantify this financial constraint using a systematic literature review of all ecoacoustic studies published in 2020, demonstrating that commercially available autonomous underwater recording units are, on average, five times more expensive than their terrestrial equivalents. This pattern is more extreme at the low end of the price range; the cheapest available aquatic autonomous units are over 40 times more expensive than their terrestrial counterparts. Following this, we test a prototype low‐cost, low‐specification aquatic recorder called the 'HydroMoth': this device is a modified version of a widely used terrestrial recorder (AudioMoth), altered to include a waterproof case and customisable gain settings suitable for a range of aquatic applications. We test the performance of the HydroMoth in both aquaria and field conditions, recording artificial and natural sounds, and comparing outputs with identical recordings taken with commercially available hydrophones. Although the signal‐to‐noise ratio and the recording quality of HydroMoths are lower than commercially available hydrophones, the recordings with HydroMoths still allow for the identification of different fish and marine mammal species, as well as the calculation of ecoacoustic indices for ecosystem monitoring. Finally, we outline the potential applications of low‐cost, low‐specification underwater sound recorders for bioacoustic studies, discuss their likely limitations, and present important considerations of which users should be aware. Several performance limitations and a lack of professional technical support mean that low‐cost devices cannot meet the requirements of all PAM applications. Despite these limitations, however, HydroMoth facilitates underwater recording at a fraction of the price of existing hydrophones, creating exciting potential for diverse involvement in aquatic bioacoustics worldwide. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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39. Remote sensing and the UN Ocean Decade: high expectations, big opportunities.
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Lecours, Vincent, Disney, Mathias, He, Kate, Pettorelli, Nathalie, Rowcliffe, J. Marcus, Sankey, Temuulen, and Scales, Kylie
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REMOTE sensing ,CORAL reef conservation ,MANGROVE forests ,COASTAL wetlands ,EARTH system science ,OPTICAL remote sensing ,SIDESCAN sonar ,OCEAN - Abstract
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 1, 1 - 3. 31 Pittman, S.J. (2018) Seascape ecology. Active acoustic remote sensing technologies have historically been associated with military uses and the field of hydrography rather than with the remote sensing community of practice; this has slowed the integration of data processing and analysis methods that have proven effective in the study of terrestrial environments. Acoustic remote sensing can be passive (i.e., using hydrophones to capture sounds in the environment) or active (i.e., using sonars that produce directional sound and listen for returns); both have their place in support of marine ecology and conservation. Since its inception, the editorial board of I Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation i has welcomed contributions to coastal and marine ecology and conservation that rely on remote sensing (Pettorelli et al., 2015). [Extracted from the article]
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40. Seismic savanna: machine learning for classifying wildlife and behaviours using ground‐based vibration field recordings.
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Szenicer, Alexandre, Reinwald, Michael, Moseley, Ben, Nissen‐Meyer, Tarje, Mutinda Muteti, Zachary, Oduor, Sandy, McDermott‐Roberts, Alex, Baydin, Atilim G., Mortimer, Beth, Lecours, Vincent, and Rovero, Francesco
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WILDLIFE monitoring ,SOIL vibration ,MACHINE learning ,CONVOLUTIONAL neural networks ,SAVANNAS ,MACHINE theory ,SEISMIC waves ,AFRICAN elephant - Abstract
We develop a machine learning approach to detect and discriminate elephants from other species, and to recognise important behaviours such as running and rumbling, based only on seismic data generated by the animals. We demonstrate our approach using data acquired in the Kenyan savanna, consisting of 8000 h seismic recordings and 250 k camera trap pictures. Our classifiers, different convolutional neural networks trained on seismograms and spectrograms, achieved 80%–90% balanced accuracy in detecting elephants up to 100 m away, and over 90% balanced accuracy in recognising running and rumbling behaviours from the seismic data. We release the dataset used in this study: SeisSavanna represents a unique collection of seismic signals with the associated wildlife species and behaviour. Our results suggest that seismic data offer substantial benefits for monitoring wildlife, and we propose to further develop our methods using dense arrays that could result in a seismic shift for wildlife monitoring. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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41. Passive acoustic monitoring reveals the role of habitat affinity in sensitivity of sub‐tropical East Asian bats to fragmentation.
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López‐Bosch, David, Rocha, Ricardo, López‐Baucells, Adrià, Wang, Yanping, Si, Xingfeng, Ding, Ping, Gibson, Luke, Palmeirim, Ana Filipa, Lecours, Vincent, and Astaras, Christos
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BATS ,BAT conservation ,POLLUTION management ,FRAGMENTED landscapes ,HABITATS ,NUMBERS of species ,ENVIRONMENTAL degradation ,INFORMATION policy - Abstract
Hydropower infrastructure represents a major driver of habitat loss and insular fragmentation worldwide, mostly across the tropics and sub‐tropics. Despite growing evidence of dam‐induced impacts on biodiversity, the effects of insular habitat fragmentation on species assemblages remain poorly understood, particularly for East Asian vertebrates. Here, we assess how insectivorous bats respond to forest fragmentation in Thousand Island Lake, a mega‐hydroelectric dam in East China. Bat assemblages were surveyed across 36 land‐bridge islands of different sizes and degrees of isolation, using AudioMoth recorders. Echolocation calls were classified into sonotypes, each corresponding to either single or multiple species, which were further classified according to their habitat affinities into forest or open‐space foragers. Based on 22 875 five‐min recordings from 108 detector‐nights, we recorded 15 bat sonotypes, eight of which we classified as forest sonotypes (2329 bat passes) and seven as open‐space sonotypes (52 277 bat passes). Overall, sonotype richness increased with island area, but only above a certain threshold (34 ha). Habitat affinity played an important role in ensemble‐level responses to fragmentation; forest sonotype richness increased with island area, whereas open‐space sonotype activity was higher in more isolated islands. Our results highlight the relevance of particularly large fragments (>1000 ha) to maintain area‐sensitive forest bat species. However, islands below 34 ha in size and those more isolated from the mainland are also of conservation value as they, correspondingly, harbour a variable (but substantial) number of species and concentrate higher activity of open‐space foragers. These findings further demonstrate that acoustic sampling methods, as the one presented here, are able to provide key information for evidence‐based policies aimed at halting the ongoing wave of dam‐induced biodiversity loss. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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42. Developing multiscale terrain signatures for seabed classification
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Lecours, Vincent, primary
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43. Quantifying the potential impacts of oil and gas infrastructures on cold-water corals and sponges in the northern Gulf of Mexico
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Khor, Danny, primary, Tiplea, Julia, additional, Oxton, Amy, additional, and Lecours, Vincent, additional
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44. Warming of Near-Surface Summer Water Temperatures in Lakes of the Conterminous United States
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Bachmann, Roger W., primary, Canfield, Daniel E., additional, Sharma, Sapna, additional, and Lecours, Vincent, additional
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45. River fragmentation and flow alteration metrics: a review of methods and directions for future research
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Jumani, Suman, primary, Deitch, Matthew J, additional, Kaplan, David, additional, Anderson, Elizabeth P, additional, Krishnaswamy, Jagdish, additional, Lecours, Vincent, additional, and Whiles, Matt R, additional
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46. Effects of deforestation and other environmental variables on floodplain fish catch in the Amazon
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Barros, Daniela de França, primary, Petrere, Miguel, additional, Lecours, Vincent, additional, Butturi-Gomes, Davi, additional, Castello, Leandro, additional, and Isaac, Victoria Judith, additional
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47. Impact of pile‐driving and offshore windfarm operational noise on fish chorusing.
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Siddagangaiah, Shashidhar, Chen, Chi‐Fang, Hu, Wei‐Chun, Pieretti, Nadia, Lecours, Vincent, and Risch, Denise
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OFFSHORE wind power plants ,PILES & pile driving ,NOISE ,BAIT fishing ,BIOLOGICAL fitness ,UNDERWATER noise - Abstract
Offshore windfarms have recently emerged as a renewable energy solution. The effects of pile‐driving and long‐term impacts of operational noises on fish chorusing still, however, remain largely unknown. In this study, we investigated the variations of fish chorusing intensity and duration during the construction (2016) and operational phases (2017–2018) of a windfarm at the Eastern Taiwan Strait (ETS). At the ETS, two types of fish choruses (Types 1 and 2) were found to repeat over a diurnal pattern. In the 2 days after the pile driving, Type 1 chorusing showed lower intensity and longer duration, while Type 2 chorusing exhibited higher intensity and no changes in its duration. During the operational phases in 2017 and 2018, both choruses were longer in duration (2–3 h for Type 1; 0.5–1 h for Type 2). The intensity of Type 1 chorus increased by 5–10 dB, but no significant variation was recorded for Type 2. Our findings document, for the first time, different behavioral responses of two chorusing types exposed to pile‐driving and windfarm noise pressure. Fish choruses have been associated with several behavioral functions. Deviation from a regular pattern might affect fish reproductive success, cause migration, augmented predation, or physiological alterations. Because offshore windfarms installations are growing in magnitude and capacity worldwide, this study provides essential insights for policymakers and constitutes an important reference for assessing the effects of noise from pile driving and windfarms on fishes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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48. Quantifying Intertidal Habitat Relative Coverage in a Florida Estuary Using UAS Imagery and GEOBIA
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Espriella, Michael C., primary, Lecours, Vincent, additional, C. Frederick, Peter, additional, V. Camp, Edward, additional, and Wilkinson, Benjamin, additional
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49. Abundance and Occurrence of Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Three Estuaries of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico
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Ronje, Errol, primary, Whitehead, Heidi, additional, Barry, Kevin, additional, Piwetz, Sarah, additional, Struve, Juliane, additional, Lecours, Vincent, additional, Garrison, Lance, additional, Wells, Randall S., additional, and Mullin, Keith D., additional
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50. Potential pitfalls in rescaling digital terrain model-derived attributes for ecological studies
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Moudrý, Vítězslav, primary, Lecours, Vincent, additional, Malavasi, Marco, additional, Misiuk, Benjamin, additional, Gábor, Lukáš, additional, Gdulová, Kateřina, additional, Šímová, Petra, additional, and Wild, Jan, additional
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