60. - Seeing Below the Surface: Quantifying the Underwater Environment with Image Analysis

Date: Tuesday, Jun 19, 2018
Time: 8:40 AM - 11:40 AM
Location: SW319

Chair(s): Theodore Angradi, Peter Esselman, Knut Mehler, Molly Wick

Deep Lake Explorer: Using Citizen Science to Analyze Underwater Video from the Great Lakes
Molly Wick, EPA, Oak Ridge Institute for Science; Mari Nord, U.S. EPA Region 5; Matthew Pawlowski, ORISE; Rick Debbout, CSRA; Jonathan Launspach, CSRA; David Bolgrien, US Environmental Protection Agency; Theodore Angradi, U.S. EPA Mid-Continent Ecology Division

Characterizing the ecological niche of invasive round goby in inland lakes
Suresh Sethi, Cornell University; Jesse Lepak, NY Sea Grant; Aaron Rice, Cornell University; Kara Andres, Cornell University; Elizabeth Duskey, Cornell University; Bobbi Estabrooks, Cornell University; Kimberly Fitzpatrick, Cornell University; Ellen George, Cornell University; Ben Marcy-Quay, Cornell University; Kelly Perkins, Cornell University; Matthew Paufve, Cornell University; Annie Scofield, Cornell University

Preliminary Results from a Benthic Video Survey of the Lake Huron Nearshore
Theodore Angradi, U.S. EPA Mid-Continent Ecology Division; Molly Wick, EPA, Oak Ridge Institute for Science; Matthew Pawlowski, ORISE

Demonstrating Unmanned Aerial System multispectral analysis of Eurasian watermilfoil treatments
Colin Brooks, Michigan Tech Research Institute; Amy Marcarelli, Michigan Tech. University; Amanda Grimm, Michigan Tech Research Inst.; Richard Dobson, Michigan Technological University - MTRI; Casey Huckins, Michigan Technological University; Ryan Van Goethem, Michigan Technological University; Robert Smith, Les Cheneaux Watershed Council; Mark Clymer, Les Cheneaux Watershed Council

Preliminary Results of Underwater Video Surveys in the Finger Lakes of New York
Lewis McCaffrey, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; Anthony Prestigiacomo, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; Scott Cook, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; David Lemon, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; Web Pearsall, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; Aimee Clinkhamemr, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Using underwater imagery to monitor invasive species in the Great Lakes
Knut Mehler, Great Lakes Center at SUNY Buffalo State; Lyubov Burlakova, Great Lakes Center at SUNY Buffalo State ; Alexander Karatayev, Great Lakes Center at SUNY Buffalo State; Christopher Pennuto, Buffalo State College, Biology Dept.; Sergey Ilyushkin, Physics Department, Colorado School of Mines

Pairing side scan sonar imagery and ground-truth videos to characterize western Lake Michigan
Charles Menza, NOAA; Will Sautter, NOAA / CSS; Ayman Mabrouk, NOAA / CSS; Sarah Hile, NOAA / CSS; Matt Kendall, NOAA