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Right Whale Photo Id

Right Whale Photo Id. Project Planning 09/28/2011. Identification of North Atlantic Right Whales Part I. Each individual id’d by callosity pattern on the top of the head Callosity are made of whale lice, Cyamids. Identification of North Atlantic Right Whales Part II.

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Right Whale Photo Id

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  1. Right Whale Photo Id Project Planning 09/28/2011

  2. Identification of North Atlantic Right Whales Part I • Each individualid’d by callositypattern on the top of the head • Callosity are made of whale lice, Cyamids

  3. Identification of North Atlantic Right Whales Part II • At two years of age the callosity pattern stabilizes enough for identification • Scaring also used for identification

  4. Data Used for Modeling • Life expectancy • Natural life expectancy unknown, practical life age before accidental death 50 years(?) • Closest living relative, Bow Head Whales, some data suggests 200 years • Timing reproductive cycles • data has been variable between 2-5 years for reproductively active individuals • Determining home ranges of individuals • The range of North Atlantic Right Whales is from Nova Scotia to north Florida • One juvenile found off the cost of Europe • Social interactions between individuals • Inother whales and dolphins it has been shown what was thought was one specie is really compromised of un-speciated sub-groups that do not inter breed. Sometime called cultures • Orcas (Killer Whales) • Bottlenose dolphins

  5. Threats to Right WhalesThe Urban Whale • Ship strikes • Feed and breed in major commercial cargo lanes • Fishing nets and floating lobster lines • Slow moving and skim feeding hooks in mouth or on flippers • Toxins • Most females never give birth, believed it is believed caused by high concentration of toxins in the areas they feed in • Food scarcity • A few years ago fewer than normal females gave birth (1-3?). Believed caused by limited supply of copepods

  6. Problem • Thousands of photographs taken every year • A photograph commonly has multiple whales • Each whale matched against online catalog • Each photograph is usually of poor quality • Bad exposure • Poor animal positioning positioning • Variation in an animal’s scares • Automation of matching has not worked

  7. Sample Photos Used for IdentificationBest available photos

  8. Concept

  9. Proposed Implementation

  10. Development Environment

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