First Year:
2018
Last Year:
2019
This data package contains a dataset generated using image AI-assisted image segmentation of live and dead corals within ortho-photomosaics of benthic reef habitat on the North shore fore reef of Moorea, French Polynesia. The orthophotomosaics were produced through a rigorous method of underwater photogrammetry that allowed for spatial and temporal co-registration of ortho-photomosaics of the same location over time (for full photogrammetric methods, see Nocerino et al. 2020: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12183036). Using the image segmentation software, TagLab (see Pavoni et al. 2021: https://doi.org/10.1002/rob.22049), we quantified live and dead coral before and after a bleaching event to estimate the amount of coral loss as a result of this event.
This data package also contains code necessary to conduct the analyses of the dataset described above and create data visualizations used in the manuscript “Quantifying the Loss of Coral from a Bleaching Event Using Underwater Photogrammetry and AI-Assisted Image Segmentation”, published in the journal Remote Sensing in 2023, and as part of the dissertation of K. Kopecky. Analyses of these data and full methods descriptions can be found at https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15164077.
This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Grant No. OCE 22-24354 (and earlier awards) as well as a generous gift from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Research was completed under permits issued by the French Polynesian Government (Délégation à la Recherche) and the Haut-commissariat de la République en Polynésie Francaise (DTRT) (Protocole d'Accueil 2005-2024). This work represents a contribution of the Moorea Coral Reef (MCR) LTER Site.
Package Type:
Publication
Topic:
Coral
Core Research Areas:
Populations
Disturbance
Keywords:
Coral Bleaching, Coral Reef Monitoring, Underwater Photogrammetry, Artificail Intelligence, Change Detection, Image Segmentation, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Coral Reefs, Corals, Disturbance