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Journal article
The Drone Revolution of Shark Science: A Review
Drones , Vol.5(1), p.8
21/01/2021
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Abstract
Over the past decade, drones have become a popular tool for wildlife management and research. Drones have shown significant value for animals that were often difficult or dangerous to study using traditional survey methods. In the past five years drone technology has become commonplace for shark research with their use above, and more recently, below the water helping to minimise knowledge gaps about these cryptic species. Drones have enhanced our understanding of shark behaviour and are critically important tools, not only due to the importance and conservation of the animals in the ecosystem, but to also help minimise dangerous encounters with humans. To provide some guidance for their future use in relation to sharks, this review provides an overview of how drones are currently used with critical context for shark monitoring. We show how drones have been used to fill knowledge gaps around fundamental shark behaviours or movements, social interactions, and predation across multiple species and scenarios. We further detail the advancement in technology across sensors, automation, and artificial intelligence that are improving our abilities in data collection and analysis and opening opportunities for shark-related beach safety. An investigation of the shark-based research potential for underwater drones (ROV/AUV) is also provided. Finally, this review provides baseline observations that have been pioneered for shark research and recommendations for how drones might be used to enhance our knowledge in the future.
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- Title
- The Drone Revolution of Shark Science: A Review
- Creators
- Paul Butcher - Southern Cross UniversityAndrew ColefaxRobert Gorkin - University of WollongongStephen Kajiura - Florida Atlantic UniversityNaima López - University of Western AustraliaJohann Mourier - Université de Corse Pasquale PaoliCormac Purcell - Macquarie UniversityGregory Skomal - Massachusetts Division of Marine FisheriesJames P Tucker - Southern Cross UniversityAndrew Walsh - Macquarie UniversityJane Williamson - Macquarie UniversityVincent Raoult - University of Newcastle
- Publication Details
- Drones , Vol.5(1), p.8
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Identifiers
- 991012922099702368
- Copyright
- Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Academic Unit
- National Marine Science Centre; Science; Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article