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Aug 9, 2024 · According to Dr. Costa, the sea lion’s-eye view of the ocean floor could play a crucial role in conservation efforts, helping to manage and protect marine habitats more effectively.
Aug 7, 2024 · Move Over, Robots: Sea Lions With Cameras Can Map the Ocean Floor Daphne, Phoebe, Iris and Pasithea demonstrated how marine mammals can help scientists understand mysterious places that humans may ...
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Aug 7, 2024 · Goldsworthy adds that the cameras could be a “game-changer” in the study of Australian sea lions, an endangered species whose population has declined by more than 60 percent in the last four ...
Aug 9, 2024 · This information could help scientists protect critical sea lion habitat, as well as give researchers a new tool for mapping the ocean floor. It has also inspired at least one other biologist to ...
Aug 7, 2024 · The findings, published on 7 August in Frontiers in Marine Science 1, include detailed maps of the ocean floor created by combining videos captured by the animals with a machine-learning model ...
Aug 7, 2024 · The sea lions explored unmapped areas of the ocean, found new reefs, and revealed amazing diverse habitats on the seafloor. This turned out to be a very effective way to map large areas.
Aug 7, 2024 · In a paper published today in Frontiers in Marine Science, the team describes how it attached video cameras to the backs of eight Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea) to help map thousands of square kilometers of seafloor habitat, up to 110 meters down. The research is one of a growing number of projects that rely on animals, from penguins to sharks, to collect scientific data.
