Accessible AI Enhances Monitoring of Coral Seeding Devices in Reef Restoration
John E. Stratford, Maren Elizabeth Toor, Rebecca Forster, Emilia Larkey, Santiago Martínez Balvanera, Ben Williams, Cinzia Alessi, Daniel Cassidy, Tries Blandine Razak, Adriana Humanes, Liam Lachs, Helios M. Martinez, Kate E. Jones, James R. Guest, Renata Ferrari
This paper develops machine learning classifiers to detect coral seeding devices in reef imagery, achieving high accuracy with minimal manual annotation.
bioRxiv · Nov 27, 2025 · PreprintEcology