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

• 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: unknown
• Subjects: Baja; Tegra; Blue whale
• Online Access: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0237570; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0237570&type=printable

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...