A convolutional neural network architecture designed for the automated survey of seabird colonies

• Published in: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
• Main Authors: Hieu Le, Dimitris Samaras, Heather J. Lynch
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: Adélie penguin; convolutional neural network; high‐resolution satellite imagery; prior information; Technology; T; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Antarctic; Guano; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.240; https://doaj.org/article/4e873627ddcc41098f0fcfe536585e9b

Abstract Satellite imagery is now well established as a method of finding and estimating the abundance of Antarctic penguin colonies. However, the delineation and classification of penguin colonies in sub‐meter satellite imagery has required the use of expert observers and is highly labor intensive,...