Closing the gap between existing large-area imaging research and marine conservation needs.

Autor: McCarthy OS; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA., Contractor K; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA., Figueira WF; School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia., Gleason ACR; Physics Department, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA., Viehman TS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, NOAA National Ocean Service, Beaufort, North Carolina, USA., Edwards CB; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.; Consolidated Safety Services Inc., under contract to NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Fairfax, Virginia, USA., Sandin SA; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology [Conserv Biol] 2024 Feb; Vol. 38 (1), pp. e14145. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 15.
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14145
Abstrakt: Emerging technology has immense potential to increase the scale and efficiency of marine conservation. One such technology is large-area imaging (LAI), which relies on structure-from-motion photogrammetry to create composite products, including 3-dimensional (3-D) environmental models, that are larger in spatial extent than the individual images used to create them. Use of LAI has become widespread in certain fields of marine science, primarily to measure the 3D structure of benthic ecosystems and track change over time. However, the use of LAI in the field of marine conservation appears limited. We conducted a review of the coral reef literature on the use of LAI to identify research themes and regional trends in applications of this technology. We also surveyed 135 coral reef scientists and conservation practitioners to determine community familiarity with LAI, evaluate barriers practitioners face in using LAI, and identify applications of LAI believed to be most exciting or relevant to coral conservation. Adoption of LAI was limited primarily to researchers at institutions based in advanced economies and was applied infrequently to conservation, although conservation practitioners and survey respondents from emerging economies indicated they expect to use LAI in the future. Our results revealed disconnect between current LAI research topics and conservation priorities identified by practitioners, highlighting the need for more diverse, conservation-relevant research using LAI. We provide recommendations for how early adopters of LAI (typically Global North scientists from well-resourced institutions) can facilitate access to this conservation technology. These recommendations include developing training resources, creating partnerships for data storage and analysis, publishing standard operating procedures for LAI workflows, standardizing methods, developing tools for efficient data extraction from LAI products, and conducting conservation-relevant research using LAI.
(© 2023 The Authors. Conservation Biology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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