The study assesses consumer drone efficiency for surveying shallow-water benthic cover. We hypothesised that using a drone would reduce duration, and manpower requirements, while increasing accuracy, relative to manual surveys. Results obtained during this study clearly indicated that automated drone surveys were faster and more accurate than manual survey methods under most circumstances. This result has important implications for the scientific and economic aspects of the process and would have a multiplicative effect in monitoring programs that require regular surveys.
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Titolo del capitolo
A drone’s eye view: A preliminary assessment of the efficiency of drones in mapping shallow-water benthic assemblages
Autori
Andrea Francesca Bellia, Julian Evans, Sandro Lanfranco
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-147-1.50
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2020
Copyright
© 2020 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
Eighth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas. Problems and Measurement Techniques”
Sottotitolo del libro
Livorno (Italy) June 2020
Curatori
Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2020
Copyright
© 2020 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
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Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-147-1
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-147-1
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-148-8
Collana
Proceedings e report
ISSN della collana
2704-601X
e-ISSN della collana
2704-5846