Frontiers in Marine Science (Mar 2021)
Needs and Gaps in Optical Underwater Technologies and Methods for the Investigation of Marine Animal Forest 3D-Structural Complexity
- Paolo Rossi,
- Paolo Rossi,
- Massimo Ponti,
- Massimo Ponti,
- Massimo Ponti,
- Sara Righi,
- Sara Righi,
- Cristina Castagnetti,
- Cristina Castagnetti,
- Roberto Simonini,
- Roberto Simonini,
- Francesco Mancini,
- Francesco Mancini,
- Panagiotis Agrafiotis,
- Leonardo Bassani,
- Fabio Bruno,
- Fabio Bruno,
- Carlo Cerrano,
- Carlo Cerrano,
- Carlo Cerrano,
- Paolo Cignoni,
- Massimiliano Corsini,
- Pierre Drap,
- Marco Dubbini,
- Joaquim Garrabou,
- Joaquim Garrabou,
- Andrea Gori,
- Nuno Gracias,
- Jean-Baptiste Ledoux,
- Jean-Baptiste Ledoux,
- Cristina Linares,
- Torcuato Pulido Mantas,
- Fabio Menna,
- Erica Nocerino,
- Marco Palma,
- Marco Palma,
- Gaia Pavoni,
- Alessandro Ridolfi,
- Alessandro Ridolfi,
- Alessandro Ridolfi,
- Sergio Rossi,
- Sergio Rossi,
- Sergio Rossi,
- Dimitrios Skarlatos,
- Tali Treibitz,
- Eva Turicchia,
- Eva Turicchia,
- Eva Turicchia,
- Matan Yuval,
- Alessandro Capra,
- Alessandro Capra
Affiliations
- Paolo Rossi
- Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
- Paolo Rossi
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Rome, Italy
- Massimo Ponti
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Rome, Italy
- Massimo Ponti
- Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences Department, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Massimo Ponti
- Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca Industriale Fonti Rinnovabili, Ambiente, Mare ed Energia, University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy
- Sara Righi
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Rome, Italy
- Sara Righi
- Life Sciences Department, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
- Cristina Castagnetti
- Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
- Cristina Castagnetti
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Rome, Italy
- Roberto Simonini
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Rome, Italy
- Roberto Simonini
- Life Sciences Department, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
- Francesco Mancini
- Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
- Francesco Mancini
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Rome, Italy
- Panagiotis Agrafiotis
- Department of Topography, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Leonardo Bassani
- Department of History, Cultures and Civilizations, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Fabio Bruno
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Rome, Italy
- Fabio Bruno
- Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy
- Carlo Cerrano
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Rome, Italy
- Carlo Cerrano
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
- Carlo Cerrano
- 0Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
- Paolo Cignoni
- 1Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISTI-CNR), Pisa, Italy
- Massimiliano Corsini
- 1Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISTI-CNR), Pisa, Italy
- Pierre Drap
- 2LIS UMR 7020, Aix-Marseille Université, Centre national de la recherche scientifique – École nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Montpellier (CNRS-ENSAM), Université De Toulon, Domaine Universitaire de Saint-Jérôme, Marseille, France
- Marco Dubbini
- Department of History, Cultures and Civilizations, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Joaquim Garrabou
- 1Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISTI-CNR), Pisa, Italy
- Joaquim Garrabou
- 2LIS UMR 7020, Aix-Marseille Université, Centre national de la recherche scientifique – École nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Montpellier (CNRS-ENSAM), Université De Toulon, Domaine Universitaire de Saint-Jérôme, Marseille, France
- Andrea Gori
- 3Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Nuno Gracias
- 4Computer Vision and Robotics Institute, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
- Jean-Baptiste Ledoux
- 5Institute of Marine Sciences Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
- Jean-Baptiste Ledoux
- 6Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR), Porto, Portugal
- Cristina Linares
- 3Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Torcuato Pulido Mantas
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
- Fabio Menna
- 73DOM – 3D Optical Metrology Unit, Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) – Bruno Kessler Foundation, Trento, Italy
- Erica Nocerino
- 2LIS UMR 7020, Aix-Marseille Université, Centre national de la recherche scientifique – École nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Montpellier (CNRS-ENSAM), Université De Toulon, Domaine Universitaire de Saint-Jérôme, Marseille, France
- Marco Palma
- 8Underwater Bio-Cartography (UBICA) srl, Genova, Italy
- Marco Palma
- 9Habitats Edge Ltd., Norwich, United Kingdom
- Gaia Pavoni
- 1Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISTI-CNR), Pisa, Italy
- Alessandro Ridolfi
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Rome, Italy
- Alessandro Ridolfi
- 0Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Alessandro Ridolfi
- 1Interuniversity Center of Integrated Systems for the Marine Environment (ISME), Genova, Italy
- Sergio Rossi
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Rome, Italy
- Sergio Rossi
- 2Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
- Sergio Rossi
- 3Labomar, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
- Dimitrios Skarlatos
- 4Civil Engineering and Geomatics Department, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
- Tali Treibitz
- 5School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
- Eva Turicchia
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Rome, Italy
- Eva Turicchia
- Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca Industriale Fonti Rinnovabili, Ambiente, Mare ed Energia, University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy
- Eva Turicchia
- 6Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy
- Matan Yuval
- 5School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
- Alessandro Capra
- Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
- Alessandro Capra
- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), Rome, Italy
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.591292
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 8
Abstract
Marine animal forests are benthic communities dominated by sessile suspension feeders (such as sponges, corals, and bivalves) able to generate three-dimensional (3D) frameworks with high structural complexity. The biodiversity and functioning of marine animal forests are strictly related to their 3D complexity. The present paper aims at providing new perspectives in underwater optical surveys. Starting from the current gaps in data collection and analysis that critically limit the study and conservation of marine animal forests, we discuss the main technological and methodological needs for the investigation of their 3D structural complexity at different spatial and temporal scales. Despite recent technological advances, it seems that several issues in data acquisition and processing need to be solved, to properly map the different benthic habitats in which marine animal forests are present, their health status and to measure structural complexity. Proper precision and accuracy should be chosen and assured in relation to the biological and ecological processes investigated. Besides, standardized methods and protocols are strictly necessary to meet the FAIR (findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability) data principles for the stewardship of habitat mapping and biodiversity, biomass, and growth data.
Keywords
- biodiversity
- 3D monitoring
- semantic segmentation
- underwater photogrammetry
- biogenic reefs conservation
