Quantification of spatial and thematic uncertainty in the application of underwater video for benthic habitat mapping Rattray, A, Ierodiaconou, D, Monk, J, Laurenson, L.J.B and Kennedy, P 2014, Quantification of spatial and thematic uncertainty in the application of underwater video for benthic habitat mapping, Marine geodesy, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 315-336, doi: 10.1080/01490419.2013.877105. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Quantification of spatial and thematic uncertainty in the application of underwater video for benthic habitat mapping Author(s) Rattray, A Ierodiaconou, D orcid.org/0000-0002-7832-4801 Monk, J orcid.org/0000-0002-1874-0619 Laurenson, L.J.B orcid.org/0000-0003-2321-7512 Kennedy, P Journal name Marine geodesy Volume number 37 Issue number 3 Start page 315 End page 336 Total pages 21 Publisher Taylor & Francis Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2014 ISSN 0149-0419 1521-060X Keyword(s) Habitat mapping observer bias spatial uncertainty underwater video USBL Science & Technology Physical Sciences Technology Geochemistry & Geophysics Oceanography Remote Sensing LAND-COVER CHANGE GROUND REFERENCE DATA ACCURACY ASSESSMENT MULTIBEAM BACKSCATTER CLASSIFICATION ECOLOGY ERROR MAPS UK Summary This study presents an analysis of the application of underwater video data collected for training and validating benthic habitat distribution models. Specifically, we quantify the two major sources of error pertaining to collection of this type of reference data. A theoretical spatial error budget is developed for a positioning system used to co-register video frames to their corresponding locations at the seafloor. Second, we compare interpretation variability among trained operators assessing the same video frames between times over three hierarchical levels of a benthic classification scheme. Propagated error in the positioning system described was found to be highly correlated with depth of operation and varies from 1.5m near the surface to 5.7m in 100m of water. In order of decreasing classification hierarchy, mean overall observer agreement was found to be 98% (range 6%), 82% (range 12%) and 75% (range 17%) for the 2, 4, and 6 class levels of the scheme, respectively. Patterns in between-observer variation are related to the level of detail imposed by each hierarchical level of the classification scheme, the feature of interest, and to the amount of observer experience. © 2014 Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Language eng DOI 10.1080/01490419.2013.877105 Field of Research 060205 Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl Marine Ichthyology) Socio Economic Objective 960507 Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Marine Environments HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30069900 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Life and Environmental Sciences Centre for Integrative Ecology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 19 Feb 2015, 15:38:26 EST Wed, 04 Mar 2015, 13:27:49 EST Wed, 04 Mar 2015, 14:32:52 EST Wed, 04 Mar 2015, 14:48:35 EST Wed, 11 Mar 2015, 09:51:35 EST Fri, 21 Apr 2017, 17:06:56 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 5 times in TR Web of Science Cited 5 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 165 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 04 Mar 2015, 13:27:49 EST

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