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Article: A novel method for mapping reefs and subtidal rocky habitats using artificial neural networks
Title | A novel method for mapping reefs and subtidal rocky habitats using artificial neural networks |
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Keywords | Reefs Subtidal rocky habitat Bathymetry Artificial neural networks |
Issue Date | 2011 |
Citation | Ecological Modelling, 2011, v. 222, n. 15, p. 2606-2614 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Reefs and subtidal rocky habitats are sites of high biodiversity and productivity which harbour commercially important species of fish and invertebrates. Although the conservation management of reef associated species has been informed using species distribution models (SDM) and community based approaches, to date their use has been constrained to specific regions where the locality and spatial extent of reefs is well known. Much of the world's subtidal habitats remain either undiscovered or unmapped, including coasts of intense human use. Consequently, to facilitate a stronger understanding of species-environmental relationships there is an urgent need for a cost and time effective standard method to map reefs at fine spatial resolutions across broad geographical extents. We used bathymetric data (∼250. m resolution) to calculate the local slope and curvature of the seabed. We then constructed artificial neural networks (ANNs) to forecast the probability of reef occurrence within grid cells as a function of bathymetric and slope variables. Testing over an independent data set not used in training showed that ANNs were able to accurately predict the location of reefs for 86% of all grid cells (Kappa = 0.63) without over fitting. The ANN with greatest support, combining bathymetric values of the target grid cell with the slope of adjacent grid cells, was used to map inshore reef locations around the Southern Australian coastline (∼250. m resolution). Broadly, our results show that reefs are identifiable from coarse-scale bathymetry data of the seabed. We anticipate that our research technique will strengthen systematic conservation planning tools in many regions of the world, by enabling the identification of rocky substratum and mapping in localities that remain poorly surveyed due to logistics or monetary constraints. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/213186 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.6 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.824 |
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dc.contributor.author | Watts, Michael J. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Li, Yuxiao | - |
dc.contributor.author | Russell, Bayden D. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Mellin, Camille | - |
dc.contributor.author | Connell, Sean D. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Fordham, Damien A. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-28T04:06:27Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-28T04:06:27Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Ecological Modelling, 2011, v. 222, n. 15, p. 2606-2614 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0304-3800 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/213186 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Reefs and subtidal rocky habitats are sites of high biodiversity and productivity which harbour commercially important species of fish and invertebrates. Although the conservation management of reef associated species has been informed using species distribution models (SDM) and community based approaches, to date their use has been constrained to specific regions where the locality and spatial extent of reefs is well known. Much of the world's subtidal habitats remain either undiscovered or unmapped, including coasts of intense human use. Consequently, to facilitate a stronger understanding of species-environmental relationships there is an urgent need for a cost and time effective standard method to map reefs at fine spatial resolutions across broad geographical extents. We used bathymetric data (∼250. m resolution) to calculate the local slope and curvature of the seabed. We then constructed artificial neural networks (ANNs) to forecast the probability of reef occurrence within grid cells as a function of bathymetric and slope variables. Testing over an independent data set not used in training showed that ANNs were able to accurately predict the location of reefs for 86% of all grid cells (Kappa = 0.63) without over fitting. The ANN with greatest support, combining bathymetric values of the target grid cell with the slope of adjacent grid cells, was used to map inshore reef locations around the Southern Australian coastline (∼250. m resolution). Broadly, our results show that reefs are identifiable from coarse-scale bathymetry data of the seabed. We anticipate that our research technique will strengthen systematic conservation planning tools in many regions of the world, by enabling the identification of rocky substratum and mapping in localities that remain poorly surveyed due to logistics or monetary constraints. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Ecological Modelling | - |
dc.subject | Reefs | - |
dc.subject | Subtidal rocky habitat | - |
dc.subject | Bathymetry | - |
dc.subject | Artificial neural networks | - |
dc.title | A novel method for mapping reefs and subtidal rocky habitats using artificial neural networks | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.04.024 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-79959638731 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 222 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 15 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 2606 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 2614 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000294105500002 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0304-3800 | - |