UAV remote sensing applications in marine monitoring: Knowledge visualization and review

Z Yang, X Yu, S Dedman, M Rosso, J Zhu… - Science of The Total …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
With the booming development of information technology and the growing demand for
remote sensing data, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote sensing technology has …

[HTML][HTML] Operational protocols for the use of drones in marine animal research

V Raoult, AP Colefax, BM Allan, D Cagnazzi… - Drones, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
The use of drones to study marine animals shows promise for the examination of numerous
aspects of their ecology, behaviour, health and movement patterns. However, the responses …

[HTML][HTML] Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in marine mammal research: A review of current applications and challenges

M Álvarez-González, P Suarez-Bregua, GJ Pierce… - Drones, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Research on the ecology and biology of marine mammal populations is necessary to
understand ecosystem dynamics and to support conservation management. Emerging …

Drone Surveys Are More Accurate Than Boat-Based Surveys of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

T Fettermann, L Fiori, L Gillman, KA Stockin, B Bollard - Drones, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Generating accurate estimates of group sizes or behaviours of cetaceans from boat-based
surveys can be challenging because much of their activity occurs below the water surface …

Collecting baleen whale blow samples by drone: A minimally intrusive tool for conservation genetics

ÉN O'Mahony, AL Sremba, EM Keen… - Molecular Ecology …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In coastal British Columbia, Canada, marine megafauna such as humpback whales
(Megaptera novaeangliae) and fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus velifera) have been …

Drone-based photogrammetry assessments of body size and body condition of Antillean manatees

EA Ramos, S Landeo-Yauri… - Mammalian …, 2022‏ - Springer
Assessments of individual animal health alerts to early signs of population level effects in
wildlife but often rely on logistically complex wild animal captures, hindering our …

The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to sample the blow microbiome of small cetaceans

C Centelleghe, L Carraro, J Gonzalvo, M Rosso… - PLoS …, 2020‏ - journals.plos.org
Recent studies describe the use of UAVs in collecting blow samples from large whales to
analyze the microbial and viral community in exhaled air. Unfortunately, attempts to collect …

[PDF][PDF] Drone perspectives on cetacean mating and sex

EA Ramos, KL Hartman, RW Baird, JK Lerma… - Sex in …, 2023‏ - library.oapen.org
Mating and sociosexual behaviors of cetaceans are challenging to study in nature because
most species spend only brief periods of time at the surface and most copulation and …

Toward an integrated framework for assessing micropollutants in marine mammals: Challenges, progress, and opportunities

E Sanganyado, R Bi, C Teta… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021‏ - Taylor & Francis
As apex predators, marine mammals play a key role in maintaining community structure and
functioning in marine ecosystems. Hence, a decline in marine mammal populations may …