Technological Innovation to Support Reef Research and Conservation
Topic Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Diversity journal is about to launch a Topic dedicated to Technological Innovation to Support Reef Research and Conservation.
Technological advancements in recent years have led to development of techniques for data acquisition and analysis and their application to reef environments to facilitate reef research and conservation activities. The focus of this Topic of the interdisciplinary open access journal Diversity is the development and adaptation of such techniques to increase the efficiency of ecological research on subtidal reefs (e.g., rocky, coral or mesophotic reefs), including but not limited to the use of eDNA, remote sensing (ranging from satellite remote sensing to underwater photogrammetry), unmanned aerial vehicles, autonomous underwater vehicles and machine learning. As the impacts of climate change are expected to increase worldwide, these new techniques can play key roles in effective monitoring of marine ecosystems. We welcome submissions that are focused on a broad range of innovative approaches to enhance our understanding of reef environments.
Dr. Atsuko Fukunaga
Dr. John Burns
Topic Editors
Keywords
- reef monitoring
- biodiversity
- eDNA
- remote sensing
- machine learning
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