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Drone Up! Quantifying Whale Behavior From a New Perspective Improves Observational Capacity

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Torres, Leigh G., Nieukirk, Sharon L., Lemos, Leila, and Chandler, Todd E.

Abstract:

During traditional boat-based surveys of marine megafauna, behavioral observations are typically limited to records of animal surfacings obtained from a horizontal perspective. Achieving an aerial perspective has been restricted to brief helicopter or airplane based observations that are costly, noisy, and risky. The emergence of commercial small unmanned aerial systems...

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University, Australia Reviewed by: David W. Johnston, Duke University, United States Phil J. Bouchet, The
Drone Up! Quantifying Whale Behavior From a New Perspective Improves Observational Capacity

Creator:

Lemos, Leila, Chandler, Todd E., Torres, Leigh G., and Nieukirk, Sharon L.

Abstract:

During traditional boat-based surveys of marine megafauna, behavioral observations are typically limited to records of animal surfacings obtained from a horizontal perspective. Achieving an aerial perspective has been restricted to brief helicopter or airplane based observations that are costly, noisy, and risky. The emergence of commercial small unmanned aerial systems...

Resource Type:

Article

Full Text:

University, Australia Reviewed by: David W. Johnston, Duke University, United States Phil J. Bouchet, The