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GoPros™ as an underwater photogrammetry tool for citizen science
Citizen science can increase the scope of research in the marine environment; however, it suffers from necessitating specialized training and simplified methodologies that reduce research output. This paper presents a simplified, novel survey methodology for citizen scientists, which combines GoPro...
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PeerJ Inc.
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4860335/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27168973 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1960 |
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author | Raoult, Vincent David, Peter A. Dupont, Sally F. Mathewson, Ciaran P. O’Neill, Samuel J. Powell, Nicholas N. Williamson, Jane E. |
author_facet | Raoult, Vincent David, Peter A. Dupont, Sally F. Mathewson, Ciaran P. O’Neill, Samuel J. Powell, Nicholas N. Williamson, Jane E. |
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description | Citizen science can increase the scope of research in the marine environment; however, it suffers from necessitating specialized training and simplified methodologies that reduce research output. This paper presents a simplified, novel survey methodology for citizen scientists, which combines GoPro imagery and structure from motion to construct an ortho-corrected 3D model of habitats for analysis. Results using a coral reef habitat were compared to surveys conducted with traditional snorkelling methods for benthic cover, holothurian counts, and coral health. Results were comparable between the two methods, and structure from motion allows the results to be analysed off-site for any chosen visual analysis. The GoPro method outlined in this study is thus an effective tool for citizen science in the marine environment, especially for comparing changes in coral cover or volume over time. |
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spelling | pubmed-48603352016-05-10 GoPros™ as an underwater photogrammetry tool for citizen science Raoult, Vincent David, Peter A. Dupont, Sally F. Mathewson, Ciaran P. O’Neill, Samuel J. Powell, Nicholas N. Williamson, Jane E. PeerJ Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science Citizen science can increase the scope of research in the marine environment; however, it suffers from necessitating specialized training and simplified methodologies that reduce research output. This paper presents a simplified, novel survey methodology for citizen scientists, which combines GoPro imagery and structure from motion to construct an ortho-corrected 3D model of habitats for analysis. Results using a coral reef habitat were compared to surveys conducted with traditional snorkelling methods for benthic cover, holothurian counts, and coral health. Results were comparable between the two methods, and structure from motion allows the results to be analysed off-site for any chosen visual analysis. The GoPro method outlined in this study is thus an effective tool for citizen science in the marine environment, especially for comparing changes in coral cover or volume over time. PeerJ Inc. 2016-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4860335/ /pubmed/27168973 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1960 Text en ©2016 Raoult et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited. |
spellingShingle | Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science Raoult, Vincent David, Peter A. Dupont, Sally F. Mathewson, Ciaran P. O’Neill, Samuel J. Powell, Nicholas N. Williamson, Jane E. GoPros™ as an underwater photogrammetry tool for citizen science |
title | GoPros™ as an underwater photogrammetry tool for citizen science |
title_full | GoPros™ as an underwater photogrammetry tool for citizen science |
title_fullStr | GoPros™ as an underwater photogrammetry tool for citizen science |
title_full_unstemmed | GoPros™ as an underwater photogrammetry tool for citizen science |
title_short | GoPros™ as an underwater photogrammetry tool for citizen science |
title_sort | gopros™ as an underwater photogrammetry tool for citizen science |
topic | Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4860335/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27168973 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1960 |
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