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

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Ramos-Arredondo, Rosa I., Carvajal-Gámez, Blanca E., Gendron, Diane, Gallegos-Funes, Francisco J., Mújica-Vargas, Dante, Rosas-Fernández, J. B.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2020
• Subjects: Research Article; Baja; Tegra; Blue whale
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7549799/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33044975; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237570

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...