Rapid reef assessment through subsurface underwater video

Authors

Ma. Shiela Marcos National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Maricor Soriano National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Victor Ticzon Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman
Eileen Peñaflor Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman
Laura David Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

We introduce the groundwork for the first automated rapid reef assessment system that uses a subsurface underwater reef video and a computer. Scale-invariant mean RGB color feature and Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) classifier were used for the system. Unlike in common rapid reef assessment protocols employed by marine scientists which take weeks to finish, data acquisition, through a subsurface video camera lowered from a boat, and processing can be done in one day. An overall recognition rate of 69.3 ± 18.2 % was achieved. The system's performance does not vary much with reef video depths of 1 to 8 meters, showing that color feature is suitable for the classification task. The application of rapid reef classification system is most promising for fast and frequent assessment and community studies of reef areas.

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Issue

2006: Proceedings of the 24th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas National Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP-2006-1D-02

Section

Image and Signal Processing

Published

2006-10-25

How to Cite

[1]

MS Marcos, M Soriano, V Ticzon, E Peñaflor, and L David, Rapid reef assessment through subsurface underwater video, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 24, SPP-2006-1D-02 (2006). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2006-1D-02.