For this study, a framework was designed for automated benthic habitat mapping by combining multiple data sources (hyperspectral, aerial photography, and bathymetry data) and four contemporary imagery processing techniques (data fusion, Object-based Image Analysis (OBIA), machine learning, and ensemble analysis).
We would like to thank E. Forbes and D. Jones for field and technical assistance with the VRAP, the active tracking crew J. Hulls, E. Butal, T. Alexander, J. Yick and A. Pender, the TAFI habitat mapping section for supplying mapping data, H. Pederson for plotting the active track in Eonfusion and Dr. J. Seymour for statistical advice.
Wilson, M. F. J. et al. Multiscale Terrain Analysis of Multibeam Bathymetry Data for Habitat Mapping on the Continental Slope Multiscale Terrain Analysis of Multibeam Bathymetry Data for Habitat Mapping on the Continental Slope.
The camera sled was developed for scallop stock assessment but appears to be useful for fine-scale habitat mapping, ground-truthing acoustic data, benthic ecology research, and fishing gear effects studies as well.
Wilson, M. F. J., O'Connell, B., Brown, C., Guinan, J. C. & Grehan, A. J. Multiscale terrain analysis of multibeam bathymetry data for habitat mapping on the continental slope.
The research involved extensive and intensive indigenous participation, unusual in Australian biophysical sciences research, during field survey and habitat mapping, complemented by commercial catch data modelling and discussion of its implications.
The habitat map and associated data will be used by the council in developing an open space strategy for the city.
For both, we use accuracy information describing the probability that a mapped habitat classification is correct to design marine reserve networks that achieve habitat conservation targets, and demonstrate inadequacies of using habitat maps without accuracy data.
Radio telemetry data and fine-scale vegetation habitat mapping were used to address the following questions: (a) is each EU habitat used differentially by Hermann's tortoises?
We discuss the implications of increased ALS availability for habitat mapping and wildlife management and provide recommendations for integrating multispectral and ALS data into wildlife management.
We believe this method is applicable at other scales and other data sets for vegetation and biodiversity studies, and for habitat mapping.
