Evaluating the biological impact of an artificial reef using deep learning techniques

Authors

  • Pol Baños Castelló
  • Oriol Prat Bayarri
  • Enoc Martínez Padró
  • Joaquín del Río Fernández

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5821/iwp.2024.23.14119

Abstract

This study focuses on assessing the impact of an artificial reef at the OBSEA underwater observatory near Barcelona. Using artificial intelligence (AI), specifically YOLOv8, the aim is to automatically detect species in the camera images of the SLAGREEF project. The previous manual process took a year to analyze 30,000 photos, while with AI it is possible to analyze 50,000 photos in 3 hours, improving efficiency significantly.

Issue

No. 23 (2024)

Section

Articles

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