Use of satellite imagery to identify southern right whales ( Eubalaena australis ) on a Southwest Atlantic Ocean breeding ground

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Corrêa, Audrey A., Quoos, João H., Barreto, André S., Groch, Karina R., Eichler, Patricia P. B.
• Other Authors: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Pleiades; The Pleiades; Southern Right Whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mms.12847; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/mms.12847; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/mms.12847

Abstract Satellite imagery has been used to improve scientific research worldwide. In this study, the southern right whale ( Eubalaena australis ) was chosen to test the use of medium, high, and very high resolution (VHR) satellite images, on the Brazilian breeding ground. These images were used to...