Surveying kelp forests via scuba divers has its limitations, however the Seattle Aquarium found just the solution! Using their BlueROV2 and open-source AI programs to conduct benthic surveys along the Olympic Peninsula, they aim to broaden their spatial extent regarding kelp, invertebrates, and fish in the surrounding kelp forests.
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