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2. Enhancing the predictive performance of remote sensing for ecological variables of tidal flats using encoded features from a deep learning model

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Madhuanand, L., Philippart, C.J.M., Wang, J., Nijland, W., de Jong, S.M., Bijleveld, A.I., Addink, E.A., Madhuanand, L., Philippart, C.J.M., Wang, J., Nijland, W., de Jong, S.M., Bijleveld, A.I., and Addink, E.A.

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Tidal flats are among the ecologically richest areas of the world where sediment composition (e.g. median grain size and silt content) and the macrozoobenthic presence play an important role in the health of the ecosystem. Regular monitoring of environmental and ecological variables is essential for sustainable management of the area. While monitoring based on field sampling is very time-consuming, the predictive performance of these variables using satellite images is low due to the spectral homogeneity over these regions. We tested a novel approach that uses features from a variational autoencoder (VAE) model to enhance the predictive performance of remote sensing images for environmental and ecological variables of tidal flats. The model was trained using the Sentinel-2 spectral bands to reproduce the input images, and during this process, the VAE model represents important information on the tidal flats within its layer structure. The information in the layers of the trained model was extracted to form features with identical spatial coverage to the spectral bands. The features and the spectral bands together form the input to random forest models to predict field observations of the sediment characteristics such as median grain size and silt content, as well as the macrozoobenthic biomass and species richness. The maximum prediction accuracy of feature-based maps was close to 62% for the sediment characteristics and 37% for benthic fauna indices. The encoded features improved the prediction accuracy of the random forest regressor model by 15% points on average in comparison to using just the spectral bands. Our method enhances the predictive performance of remote sensing, in particular the spatiotemporal dynamics in median grain size and silt content of the sediment thereby contributing to better-informed management of coastal ecosystems.

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2023

3. Optimizing predictions of environmental variables and species distributions on tidal flats by combining Sentinel-2 images and their deep-learning features with OBIA.

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Madhuanand L, Philippart CJM, Nijland W, de Jong SM, Bijleveld AI, and Addink EA

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Tidal flat ecosystems, are under steady decline due to anthropogenic pressures including sea level rise and climate change. Monitoring and managing these coastal systems requires accurate and up-to-date mapping. Sediment characteristics and macrozoobenthos are major indicators of the environmental status of tidal flats. Field monitoring of these indicators is often restricted by low accessibility and high costs. Despite limitations in spectral contrast, integrating remote sensing with deep learning proved efficient for deriving macrozoobenthos and sediment properties. In this study, we combined deep-learning features derived from Sentinel-2 images and Object-Based Image Analysis (OBIA) to explicitly include spatial aspects in the prediction of tsediment and macrozoobenthos properties of tidal flats , as well as the distribution of four benthic species. The deep-learning features extracted from a convolutional autoencoder model were analysed with OBIA to include spatial, textural, and contextual information. Object sets of varying sizes and shapes based on the spectral bands and/or the deep-learning features, served as the spatial units. These object sets and the field-collected points were used to train the Random Forest prediction model. Predictions were made for the tidal basins Pinkegat and Zoutkamperlaag in the Dutch Wadden Sea for 2018 to 2020. The overall prediction scores of the environmental variables ranged between 0.31 and 0.54. The species-distribution prediction model achieved accuracies ranging from 0.54 to 0.68 for the four benthic species). There was an average improvement of 21% points on predictions using objects with deep learning features compared to the pixel-based predictions with just the spectral bands. The mean spatial unit that captured the patterns best ranged between 0.3 ha and 13 ha for the different variables. Overall, using both OBIA and deep-learning features consistently improved the predictions, making it a valuable combination for monitoring these important environmental variables of coastal regions., Competing Interests: No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s)., (© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.)

Published
2024
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