Pinna nobilis mapping in Posidonia oceanica meadows by video-photographic techniques in the Gulf of Oristano, Sardinia

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1 Department of Marine Environmental Quality Assessment, ISPRA - Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Rome, Italy
2 IAMC - CNR, Institute for Coastal Marine Environment - National Research Council, Oristano, Italy
DOI
10.7287/peerj.preprints.1055v1
Published
Accepted
Subject Areas
Marine Biology
Keywords
mapping, photo mosaic, 3D reconstruction, photogrammetric softwares, GIS, Pinna nobilis
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© 2015 Rende et al.
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Rende SF, Penna M, Trabucco B, Bacci T, Coppa S, De Lucia A, Camedda A, Massaro G, Marra S, Perilli A, Cicero AM. 2015. Pinna nobilis mapping in Posidonia oceanica meadows by video-photographic techniques in the Gulf of Oristano, Sardinia. PeerJ PrePrints 3:e1055v1

Abstract

Pinna nobilis spatial distribution have been analysed trough a video - photographic approach in a Posidonia oceanica meadow in the Gulf of Oristano (Sardinia, Italy). In situ visual censuses and 2D/3D georeferenced vertical photographic survey were conducted by SCUBA diving in different sampling transect. The experimental procedure was carried out in the summer of 2014. Data have been processed using the photogrammetric techniques, in particular, in this work we presented the procedure and processing techniques to realize the orthographic planar micro cartography mosaics from photo sequences. Results of this study, although preliminary, showed the time-cost effectiveness of this approach to map the benthic species.

Author Comment

This in an abstract which has been accepted as a poster presentation at the 4th Mediterranean Seagrass Workshop 2015.