Reducing error and increasing reliability of wildlife counts from citizen science surveys: counting Weddell Seals in the Ross Sea from satellite images
L. Salas, M. LaRue, N. Nur, D. Ainley, S. Stammerjohn, J. Pennycook, J. Rotella, J. T. Paterson, D. Siniff, K. Stamatiou, M. Dozier, J. Saints, L. Barrington
The paper improves wildlife count reliability from citizen science surveys by developing a correction method for satellite images of Weddell Seals in the Ross Sea.
bioRxiv · Nov 18, 2020 · PreprintEcology