Quality assurance in the identification of deep-sea taxa from video and image analysis: response to Henry and Roberts
New high-resolution image data obtained from the Hebrides Terrace Seamount and analysed by ourselves and Henry and Roberts (Henry, L-A., and Roberts, J. M. Recommendations for best practice in deep-sea habitat classification: Bullimore et al. as a case study. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 71: 895–...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/icesjms/fsu052 2024-09-09T19:51:28+00:00 Quality assurance in the identification of deep-sea taxa from video and image analysis: response to Henry and Roberts Howell, Kerry L. Bullimore, Ross D. Foster, Nicola L. 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsu052 http://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/71/4/899/29148731/fsu052.pdf http://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/71/4/899/23614665/fsu052.pdf en eng Oxford University Press (OUP) ICES Journal of Marine Science volume 71, issue 4, page 899-906 ISSN 1054-3139 1095-9289 journal-article 2014 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsu052 2024-06-17T04:18:55Z New high-resolution image data obtained from the Hebrides Terrace Seamount and analysed by ourselves and Henry and Roberts (Henry, L-A., and Roberts, J. M. Recommendations for best practice in deep-sea habitat classification: Bullimore et al. as a case study. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 71: 895–898.), suggested that we may have misidentified Solenosmilia variabilis as either Lophelia pertusa or Madrepora oculata in a previously analysed dataset from the Anton Dohrn Seamount (published in Bullimore et al., 2013). Therefore, we undertook a reanalysis of our entire image data holdings from multiple sample sites and identified possible records of S. variabilis from four sites previously sampled: Anton Dohrn Seamount, Rockall Bank, George Bligh Bank and the Hatton-Rockall Basin. The reanalysis of our image data holdings together with historic data from the wider literature suggests that, in the Northeast Atlantic region, S. variabilis is distributed from 888–2803 m (mean ∼1500 m) with reef habitat present only on Anton Dohrn Seamount. In this paper we discuss the use of video and imagery as a survey and monitoring too and make recommendations of best practice in data acquisition and analysis. We highlight the need for the development of training materials for deep-sea field identification in order to achieve reliable, replicable and comparable datasets among observers, and suggest possible quality assurance procedures. Article in Journal/Newspaper Lophelia pertusa Northeast Atlantic Oxford University Press Anton Dohrn Seamount ENVELOPE(-11.167,-11.167,57.417,57.417) George Bligh Bank ENVELOPE(-13.667,-13.667,58.833,58.833) Hatton-Rockall Basin ENVELOPE(-17.000,-17.000,57.500,57.500) Hebrides Terrace Seamount ENVELOPE(-10.417,-10.417,56.417,56.417) Rockall Bank ENVELOPE(-16.519,-16.519,55.821,55.821) ICES Journal of Marine Science 71 4 899 906 |
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New high-resolution image data obtained from the Hebrides Terrace Seamount and analysed by ourselves and Henry and Roberts (Henry, L-A., and Roberts, J. M. Recommendations for best practice in deep-sea habitat classification: Bullimore et al. as a case study. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 71: 895–898.), suggested that we may have misidentified Solenosmilia variabilis as either Lophelia pertusa or Madrepora oculata in a previously analysed dataset from the Anton Dohrn Seamount (published in Bullimore et al., 2013). Therefore, we undertook a reanalysis of our entire image data holdings from multiple sample sites and identified possible records of S. variabilis from four sites previously sampled: Anton Dohrn Seamount, Rockall Bank, George Bligh Bank and the Hatton-Rockall Basin. The reanalysis of our image data holdings together with historic data from the wider literature suggests that, in the Northeast Atlantic region, S. variabilis is distributed from 888–2803 m (mean ∼1500 m) with reef habitat present only on Anton Dohrn Seamount. In this paper we discuss the use of video and imagery as a survey and monitoring too and make recommendations of best practice in data acquisition and analysis. We highlight the need for the development of training materials for deep-sea field identification in order to achieve reliable, replicable and comparable datasets among observers, and suggest possible quality assurance procedures. |
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Howell, Kerry L. Bullimore, Ross D. Foster, Nicola L. |
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Howell, Kerry L. Bullimore, Ross D. Foster, Nicola L. Quality assurance in the identification of deep-sea taxa from video and image analysis: response to Henry and Roberts |
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Quality assurance in the identification of deep-sea taxa from video and image analysis: response to Henry and Roberts |
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Quality assurance in the identification of deep-sea taxa from video and image analysis: response to Henry and Roberts |
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Quality assurance in the identification of deep-sea taxa from video and image analysis: response to Henry and Roberts |
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Quality assurance in the identification of deep-sea taxa from video and image analysis: response to Henry and Roberts |
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Quality assurance in the identification of deep-sea taxa from video and image analysis: response to Henry and Roberts |
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quality assurance in the identification of deep-sea taxa from video and image analysis: response to henry and roberts |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsu052 http://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/71/4/899/29148731/fsu052.pdf http://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/71/4/899/23614665/fsu052.pdf |
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Lophelia pertusa Northeast Atlantic |
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