Deep neural networks based automated extraction of dugong feeding trails from UAV images in the intertidal seagrass beds

• Chiaki Yamato ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: yamato.chiaki.82a@st.kyoto-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7910-5072

  ⨯
• Kotaro Ichikawa,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  ⨯
• Nobuaki Arai,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: National Fisheries University, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan

  Affiliation Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  ⨯
• Kotaro Tanaka,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Ocean Policy Research Institute, The Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Tokyo, Japan

  Affiliation Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  ⨯
• Takahiro Nishiyama,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate school of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  ⨯
• Kongkiat Kittiwattanawong

  Roles Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Phuket Marine Biological Centre, Phuket, Thailand

  ⨯