PhotoId-Whale: Blue whale dorsal fin classification for mobile devices.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Rosa I Ramos-Arredondo, Blanca E Carvajal-Gámez, Diane Gendron, Francisco J Gallegos-Funes, Dante Mújica-Vargas, J B Rosas-Fernández
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Baja; Tegra; Blue whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237570; https://doaj.org/article/519b156d9fe6459594a99c908143f175

Photo-identification (photo-id) is a method used in field studies by biologists to monitor animals according to their density, movement patterns and behavior, with the aim of predicting and preventing ecological risks. However, these methods can introduce subjectivity when manually classifying an in...