Needs and Gaps in Optical Underwater Technologies and Methods for the Investigation of Marine Animal Forest 3D-Structural Complexity

Paolo Rossi; Massimo Ponti; Sara Righi; Cristina Castagnetti; Roberto Simonini; Francesco Mancini; Panagiotis Agrafiotis; Leonardo Bassani; Fabio Bruno; Carlo Cerrano; Paolo Cignoni; Massimiliano Corsini; Pierre Drap; Marco Dubbini; Joaquim Garrabou; Andrea Gori; Nuno Gracias; Jean Baptiste Ledoux; Cristina Linares; Torcuato Pulido Mantas; Fabio Menna; Erica Nocerino; Marco Palma; Gaia Pavoni; Alessandro Ridolfi; Sergio Rossi; Dimitrios Skarlatos; Tali Treibitz; Eva Turicchia; Matan Yuval; Alessandro Capra

doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.591292

Needs and Gaps in Optical Underwater Technologies and Methods for the Investigation of Marine Animal Forest 3D-Structural Complexity

Paolo Rossi, Massimo Ponti, Sara Righi, Cristina Castagnetti, Roberto Simonini, Francesco Mancini, Panagiotis Agrafiotis, Leonardo Bassani, Fabio Bruno, Carlo Cerrano, Paolo Cignoni, Massimiliano Corsini, Pierre Drap, Marco Dubbini, Joaquim Garrabou, Andrea Gori, Nuno Gracias, Jean Baptiste Ledoux, Cristina Linares, Torcuato Pulido MantasFabio Menna, Erica Nocerino, Marco Palma, Gaia Pavoni, Alessandro Ridolfi, Sergio Rossi, Dimitrios Skarlatos, Tali Treibitz, Eva Turicchia, Matan Yuval, Alessandro Capra

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	591292
Journal	Frontiers in Marine Science
Volume	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.591292
State	Published - 5 Mar 2021

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This perspective manuscript is the result of the 3DSeaFor online workshop funded by EUROMARINE Call 2019 Foresight Workshops. This work was partially supported by an Italian Research Projects of National Interest (PRIN), funded by the

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© Copyright © 2021 Rossi, Ponti, Righi, Castagnetti, Simonini, Mancini, Agrafiotis, Bassani, Bruno, Cerrano, Cignoni, Corsini, Drap, Dubbini, Garrabou, Gori, Gracias, Ledoux, Linares, Mantas, Menna, Nocerino, Palma, Pavoni, Ridolfi, Rossi, Skarlatos, Treibitz, Turicchia, Yuval and Capra.

Keywords

3D monitoring
biodiversity
biogenic reefs conservation
semantic segmentation
underwater photogrammetry

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Oceanography
Global and Planetary Change
Aquatic Science
Water Science and Technology
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Ocean Engineering

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Rossi, P., Ponti, M., Righi, S., Castagnetti, C., Simonini, R., Mancini, F., Agrafiotis, P., Bassani, L., Bruno, F., Cerrano, C., Cignoni, P., Corsini, M., Drap, P., Dubbini, M., Garrabou, J., Gori, A., Gracias, N., Ledoux, J. B., Linares, C., ... Capra, A. (2021). Needs and Gaps in Optical Underwater Technologies and Methods for the Investigation of Marine Animal Forest 3D-Structural Complexity. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, Article 591292. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.591292

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