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Fishery Sciences
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Drone-Transect: a non-destructive operational protocol for drone-based
conservation studies on intertidal coral reefs
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Lynick Jones
Anny K. A. A. C. Bolognez Normandes Matos da Silva
Thiago H. De Melo Silva André M. Melo Santos
Paula Braga Gomes Carlos D. Pérez
ABSTRACT.
Palythoa caribaeorum
in situ
Key words: Palythoa caribaeorum
Transecta con dron: un protocolo operativo no destructivo para estudios de conservación en
zonas intermareales de arrecifes coralinos utilizando drones
RESUMEN.
Drone-Transect
Palythoa caribaeorum
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Drone-Transect
Drone-Transect
in situ
Drone-Transect
Palabras clave:Palythoa caribaeorum
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Porites
Acropora
Mille-
poraSiderastrea siderea ZoanthusCaulerpa
Palythoa
Palythoa caribaeorum
P. caribaeorum
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P. caribaeorum
P.
caribaeorum
Study area and target species
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Palythoa caribaeorum
Drone-Transect Method
Data collection
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Image processing
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P. caribaeorum
Palythoa caribaeorum
P. car-
ibaeorum
P. caribaeorum
P. caribaeorum
Line-Intercept Transect (LIT)
Palythoa caribaeorum
P. caribaeorum
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P. caribaeorum
Sampling design
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Simulation of the Line-Intercept Transect Method
P. caribaeorum
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in situ
P. caribaeorum
P. caribaeorum
Data analysis and method comparison
P. caribaeorum
P. caribaeorum
P. caribaeorum
in situ
Palythoa caribaeorum
=
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t-
t
Method feasibility
Drone-Transect process and LIT sampling
Palythoa caribaeorum
LIT Simulation
P. caribaeorum
=
==α=
Method feasibility
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P. caribaeourm
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Palythoa caribaeorum
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0.0439 0.403
0.1273 1.199
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Zoanthus-Caulerpa Millepora-Paly-
thoa
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P. caribaeorum
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Author contributions
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Palythoa caribaeorumZo-
anthus sociatus
Palythoa caribae-
orum
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At
Palythoa
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Protopalythoa
Palythoa
Palythoa caribaeorum
Palythoa caribaeorum
