Near-seafloor optical imagery surveys conducted in 2023 and 2024 across the St. Anns Bank Marine Protected Area, Nova Scotia, Canada: Image annotations of taxa and morphotypes for community composition
Teed, L.; Lawton, P.; Murillo, F.J. (2025). Near-seafloor optical imagery surveys conducted in 2023 and 2024 across the St. Anns Bank Marine Protected Area, Nova Scotia, Canada: Image annotations of taxa and morphotypes for community composition. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences = Rapport Technique Canadien des Sciences Halieutiques et Aquatiques, 3740. Fisheries and Oceans Canada: St. Andrews. ISBN 9780660798981. vii, 252 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.60825/w0zx-g265
Part of: Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences = Rapport Technique Canadien des Sciences Halieutiques et Aquatiques. Dep. of Fisheries and Oceans. Resource Services Branch: Ottawa. ISSN 0706-6457; e-ISSN 0706-6570, more
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- Teed, L.
- Lawton, P.
- Murillo, F.J.
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| Abstract |
A total of 3381 still images of the seafloor were captured from 41 transects in a survey of the St. Anns Bank Marine Protected Area in August 2023 and 2024. A set of 639 images with a target of 50 m between images were reviewed for the presence of each type of visible taxa. Using the image annotation software BIIGLE, distinguishable organisms were identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level, with some given a morphotype label. Taxonomically, labels for arthropods, chordates, echinoderms, sponges, and other taxa across 14 phyla are provided. A total of 23392 annotations were applied by taxon and morphotype, with image examples for each type provided in an appendix. This report documents the context and use of taxon and morphotype annotations for reference in subsequent community assemblage analyses of occurrences in addition to the preparation for future annotations of abundances of important erect taxa such as crinoids. |
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