WR24193Non-invasive extraction of white shark swimming kinematics from unoccupied aircraft system (UAS) imagery
Advances in drone technology and computer vision are transforming the study of coastal ecosystems and resident megafauna. This study employs aerial focal follows of white sharks to develop and test a body pose estimation model that quantifies swimming kinematics with high performance. This scalable, non-invasive approach offers wildlife managers and researchers an effective tool for monitoring marine megafauna without the challenges of traditional invasive approaches. Photograph by Alexandra DiGiacomo.
This article belongs to the collection: White Sharks Global proceedings and recent advances in white shark ecology and conservation.