Evaluation of UAS for photographic re-identification of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus
Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have the potential to collect high-resolution photographs of marine mammals for life-history studies without disturbing the species being studied. We conducted a pilot study near Igloolik, Nunavut, in early July 2013 to collect identification-quality photographs of bowh...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/juvs-2014-0014 2024-09-15T17:57:11+00:00 Evaluation of UAS for photographic re-identification of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus Koski, William R. Gamage, Gayan Davis, Andrew R. Mathews, Tony LeBlanc, Bernard Ferguson, Steven H. 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/juvs-2014-0014 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/juvs-2014-0014 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/juvs-2014-0014 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems volume 3, issue 1, page 22-29 ISSN 2291-3467 journal-article 2015 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/juvs-2014-0014 2024-08-29T04:08:50Z Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have the potential to collect high-resolution photographs of marine mammals for life-history studies without disturbing the species being studied. We conducted a pilot study near Igloolik, Nunavut, in early July 2013 to collect identification-quality photographs of bowhead whales and record the responses of the whales to overflights by an UAS. Operating under a restrictive line-of-sight permit from Transport Canada, we successfully collected high quality photographs of bowhead whales and none of the whales overflown responded to the overflights in an observable manner. If the UAS were operated under a beyond-line-of-sight permit, the UAS could be used to search for whales ahead of and to the side of the survey vessels making it more efficient to find whales to photograph. Even when operating under the restrictive line-of-sight permit, large numbers of whales could be photographed, which would provide important life-history information on the poorly studied Eastern Canada – West Greenland population. Article in Journal/Newspaper Balaena mysticetus Greenland Igloolik Nunavut Canadian Science Publishing Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems 3 1 22 29 |
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Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have the potential to collect high-resolution photographs of marine mammals for life-history studies without disturbing the species being studied. We conducted a pilot study near Igloolik, Nunavut, in early July 2013 to collect identification-quality photographs of bowhead whales and record the responses of the whales to overflights by an UAS. Operating under a restrictive line-of-sight permit from Transport Canada, we successfully collected high quality photographs of bowhead whales and none of the whales overflown responded to the overflights in an observable manner. If the UAS were operated under a beyond-line-of-sight permit, the UAS could be used to search for whales ahead of and to the side of the survey vessels making it more efficient to find whales to photograph. Even when operating under the restrictive line-of-sight permit, large numbers of whales could be photographed, which would provide important life-history information on the poorly studied Eastern Canada – West Greenland population. |
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Koski, William R. Gamage, Gayan Davis, Andrew R. Mathews, Tony LeBlanc, Bernard Ferguson, Steven H. Evaluation of UAS for photographic re-identification of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus |
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Koski, William R. Gamage, Gayan Davis, Andrew R. Mathews, Tony LeBlanc, Bernard Ferguson, Steven H. |
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Evaluation of UAS for photographic re-identification of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus |
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Evaluation of UAS for photographic re-identification of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus |
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Evaluation of UAS for photographic re-identification of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus |
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Evaluation of UAS for photographic re-identification of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus |
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evaluation of uas for photographic re-identification of bowhead whales, balaena mysticetus |
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