Estimating Waterbird Abundance on Catfish Aquaculture Ponds Using an Unmanned Aerial System

Estimating Waterbird Abundance on Catfish Aquaculture Ponds Using an Unmanned Aerial System

In this study, we examined the use of an unmanned aerial system (UAS) to monitor fish-eating birds on catfish (Ictalurus spp.) aquaculture facilities in Mississippi, USA. We tested 2 automated computer algorithms to identify bird species using mosaicked imagery taken from a UAS platform. One algorit...

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Main Authors: Paul C. Burr, Sathishkumar Samiappan, Lee A. Hathcock, Robert J. Moorhead, Brian S. Dorr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Utah State University 2019-09-01
Series:Human-Wildlife Interactions
Subjects:
aquaculture
ardea alba
ardea herodias
catfish
cormorant
drone
egret
heron
ictalurus spp.
phalacrocorax auritus
unmanned aerial system
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/hwi/vol13/iss2/16

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