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 …

Drones for conservation in protected areas: present and future

J Jiménez López, M Mulero-Pázmány - Drones, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
Park managers call for cost-effective and innovative solutions to handle a wide variety of
environmental problems that threaten biodiversity in protected areas. Recently, drones have …

Opportunities and risks in the use of drones for studying animal behaviour

L Schad, J Fischer - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
In the last decade, drones have become an affordable technology offering highly mobile
aerial platforms that can carry a range of sensory equipment into hitherto uncharted areas …

Marine mammal conservation: over the horizon

SE Nelms, J Alfaro-Shigueto, JPY Arnould… - Endangered Species …, 2021‏ - int-res.com
Marine mammals can play important ecological roles in aquatic ecosystems, and their
presence can be key to community structure and function. Consequently, marine mammals …

[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] Networked unmanned aerial vehicles for surveillance and monitoring: A survey

X Li, AV Savkin - Future Internet, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
As a typical cyber-physical system, networked unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have
received much attention in recent years. Emerging communication technologies and high …

Unoccupied aircraft systems in marine science and conservation

DW Johnston - Annual review of marine science, 2019‏ - annualreviews.org
The use of unoccupied aircraft systems (UASs, also known as drones) in science is growing
rapidly. Recent advances in microelectronics and battery technology have resulted in the …

Drone up! Quantifying whale behavior from a new perspective improves observational capacity

LG Torres, SL Nieukirk, L Lemos… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
During traditional boat-based surveys of marine megafauna, behavioral observations are
typically limited to records of animal surfacings obtained from a horizontal perspective …

[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 …

Determination of optimal flight altitude to minimise acoustic drone disturbance to wildlife using species audiograms

I Duporge, MP Spiegel, ER Thomson… - Methods in Ecology …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly important in wildlife data collection but
concern over wildlife disturbance has led several countries to ban their use in National …