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Traveling video in a 3D representation of cold-water coral assemblage (Photogrammetry)

The images collected with the H-ROV Ariane were used to build 3-Dimensional models of coral assemblages living in the Lacaze-Duthiers Canyon (CALADU 2019 oceanographic cruise). 3D-models were built using the ‘Structure from motion’ technique available in the Matisse software. 3D-representations provide an overview of marine habitats at a scale larger than what is seen in the field of view of a camera and allows having an overview of a marine ecosystem cleaned of the turbidity and color attenuation that are inherent to the underwater environment. Two scleractinians species forming bushes several meters high are seen in this video clip : Desmophyllum pertusum (syn. Lophelia pertusa) and Madrepora oculata.

Keywords

Corals, Benthic species, Canyons, Benthic environment, Cnidaria, Ecology

Species

Madrepora oculata (ocular coral, white coral)

Desmophyllum pertusum

Location

43.218755N, 41.97661S, 4.610829E, 2.369618W

How to cite
Fabri Marie-Claire, Arnaubec Aurelien, Autin Timothee, Dugornay Olivier (2022). Traveling video in a 3D representation of cold-water coral assemblage (Photogrammetry). Ifremer. https://doi.org/10.24351/85828

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