Using Fixed-Wing UAV for Detecting and Mapping the Distribution and Abundance of Penguins on the South Shetlands Islands, Antarctica
Antarctic marine ecosystems undergo enormous changes, presumably due to climate change and fishery.Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have an unprecedented potential 3D MASK for measuring these changes by mapping indicator species such as penguins even in remote areas.We used a battery-powered fixed-wing UAV to survey colonies along a 30-km stretch of