Habitat suitability maps for juvenile tri-spine horseshoe crabs in Japanese intertidal zones: A model approach using unmanned aerial vehicles and the Structure from Motion technique

• Akihiko Koyama ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Akihiko Koyama, Taiga Hirata

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: koyamaakihiko15@gmail.com

  Affiliation Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7037-1208

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• Taiga Hirata ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Akihiko Koyama, Taiga Hirata

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kumamoto University, Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Yuki Kawahara,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Kobe University, Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

  Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kumamoto University, Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan

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• Hiroki Iyooka,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering, Fukuoka University, Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Haruka Kubozono,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Office of the President Public Relations, Arithmer Inc., Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

  Affiliation The 21st Century Program, Kyushu University, Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Norio Onikura,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fishery Research Laboratory, Kyushu University, Tsuyazaki, Fukutsu, Japan

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• Shinji Itaya,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tsuyazaki Seaside Nature School, Tsuyazaki, Fukutsu, Japan

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• Tomoko Minagawa

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, Japan

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