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Advancing marine biodiversity monitoring with AI, imaging, and citizen science. Collaborating across 7 countries to protect oceans and ecosystems. #FAIRData #MarineScience https://bioboostplus.eu/
A rapidly changing Mediterranean 🌡️ The SE Mediterranean is one of the world's fastest-changing marine regions. Ocean warming and #BiologicalInvasions are reshaping #reef ecosystems, with native species declining while tropical newcomers become increasingly dominant. #ClimateChange #Bioinvasions
Nord University – At the NOW 2026 Conference, Dr. L. Ribas-Deulofeu @ribas-deulofeu.bsky.social explored how AI can help close the gap between biodiversity monitoring & data availability, to support adaptive conservation & policy decisions. Credits: @isfold.bsky.social #MarineEcology #AI
NORD activity – Zooplankton sampling in Sub-Arctic Fjord (Mistfjorden). Earlier in the year there were perfect conditions for Dr. Ribas-Deulofeu @ribas-deulofeu.bsky.social to sample zooplankton in the sub-Arctic fjord Mistfjord (Norway). #MarineEcology #Bioboostplus #Biodiversa
Great work from our BioBoost+ partners @azti.bsky.social This case study is a great example of where marine monitoring is heading: combining underwater imagery, AI tools, and expert ecological knowledge to make biodiversity assessments faster and more scalable. #MarineEcology
Bioboost+@bioboostplus.bsky.social · 2mo agoCan AI help us monitor life on the seafloor? In this BioBoost+ case study, the AZTI team tested computer vision to detect and count benthic taxa from ROV videos in the south-eastern Bay of Biscay. #BioBoostPlus #AZTI @azti.bsky.social
Can AI help us monitor life on the seafloor? In this BioBoost+ case study, the AZTI team tested computer vision to detect and count benthic taxa from ROV videos in the south-eastern Bay of Biscay. #BioBoostPlus #AZTI @azti.bsky.social
New eyes under the sea in Alonissos Marine Park. The University of the Aegean BioBoost+ team, led by Prof. @skatsanevakis.bsky.social , has installed an underwater camera system & buoy at the Alonissos site. #MPA #MarineBiodiversity #MarineMonitoring #UnderwaterCamera #AegeanSea #MarineScience
@bioboostplus.bsky.social and @bioecoocean.bsky.social also joined the Marine SABRES event in Pisa last week #MarineSABRES #BioEcoOcean #BioBoostPlus #HorizonEU #HorizonEurope #Biodiversa #OceanScience #MarineBiodiversity #MarineBiodiversity #OceanObservation #StakeholderEngagement 🧵2/4
Deployed ✅ Our partners from University of the Aegean reef station is live: a Raspberry Pi camera/computing system + solar buoy sending reef images continuously. Built on a small budget to make monitoring more affordable—now we’re testing real-world durability + uptime. #MarineScience #Bioboostplus
Divers in action for BioBoost+: collecting samples + standardised seafloor images with survey frames to train/validate #AI tools for marine biodiversity monitoring. 📷 Credit: Guy Raanan @rilovlab.bsky.social @iolr-il.bsky.social #RilovLab #BioBoostPlus #MarineScience #UnderwaterImaging
🦞 A lobster encounter in Lake Grevelingen! While surveying benthic biodiversity for #BioBoostPlus WP2, @NIOZ_Netherlands researchers caught this Homarus gammarus on ROV. Restoration work meets AI + imaging. 🎥 Credit: Zhiyuan Zhao @niozsearesearch.bsky.social #MarineScience #ROV #Biodiversity
🎥 Here’s ZooImage in action: segmenting and measuring zooplankton from scanned samples — part of a 40+ year time series from Norwegian fjords. @ribas-deulofeu.bsky.social visited @azti.bsky.social to help build AI tools for faster biodiversity monitoring. #BioBoostPlus #AI4Oceans #Zooplankton
🟡 Using RoboFlow to ID key species like Axinella cannabina (crucial to Mediterranean benthic ecosystems) from ROV footage in Torre Guaceto (Italy). Tech meets conservation under the sea! 🎥 Marine Ecology Lab, Univ. of Naples Federico II #ROV #AI4Oceans #MarineScience #BioBoostPlus #Sponges
🧠 CoralNet in action! Here’s how the Marine Ecology Lab UNINA is using #AI-powered #photoquadrat analysis to identify coralligenous assemblages. 📸 Credit: Marzia Cianflone, Fraschetti - Marine Ecology Lab, Univ. of Naples Federico II #MarineScience #Coralligenous #BioBoost+
Testing a YOLO-based computer vision model to ID 13 benthic species from underwater images. It boosts automated species recognition, aiding large-scale biodiversity monitoring & better marine conservation. @azti.bsky.social #AI4Oceans #BenthicEcology #MarineScience #BioBoost+
🚨 Presented at #ICESASC2025! Igor Granado shared how #ComputerVision is transforming #benthicEcosystems habitat mapping in the Bay of Biscay. Big thanks to all collaborators & inspiring ocean scientists at @icesmarine.bsky.social 🌊 More via www.linkedin.com/posts/igorgr... @azti.bsky.social
🚨 New from the #BioBoost+ team: 67% of industrial fishing in coastal MPAs goes untracked. 🎣 Satellite imagery + GPS data = urgent wakeup call for enforcement. 📰 Read the Science paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #MPAs #OceanScience #UntrackedFishing
First morning of the #SummerSchool25 organisef by @drangelborja.bsky.social ending beautifully at the Donostia Aquarium with @skatsanevakis.bsky.social presenting the new project @guardias.bsky.social
Berta Companys, from ICM-CSIC and #ANERIS project, on how to close the biodiversity gap knowledge using #AI and #citizenscience #GES4SEAS #summerschool25
I’ve spent this spring with marine video analysis and now diving deeper at #GES4SEAS @azti.bsky.social #SummerSchool in beautiful San Sebastián 🌊 Excited to learn from experts and discuss all the possibilities in this field.
Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay2025 and we finish our @azti.bsky.social #GES4SEAS #Summerschool, that we organize each year this week, coinciding with this date and #WorldOceansDay @skatsanevakis.bsky.social @helianateixeira.bsky.social @ribas-deulofeu.bsky.social #MarineEcology #Research
The 2025 Summer School "Artificial intelligence and citizen science in monitoring and assessing biodiversity and invasive species at sea" has just started in San Sebastian. Co-organized by AZTI, #GES4SEAS, #GuardIAS, #Bioboost+, #ObamaNext, #ANERIS, and #POMP #MarineEcology
Science Crunchers@science-crunchers.bsky.social · last yr.@drangelborja.bsky.social welcoming us to #SummerSchool2025 in the amazing Aquarium of San Sebastian. It's going to be a great week discussing AI and citizen science in monitoring and assessing #marinebiodiversity and invasive species.
This year the school is supported by the following projects: GES4SEAS, OBAMA-NEXT Project , Guardias Project , Bioboost+ , ANERIS Project and POMP
Josean Fernandes from @azti.bsky.social presenting the robust validation of #artificialintelligence #GES4SEAS #summerschool25 #marineecologt
AZTI #SummerSchool2025 in progress, with a presentation from our project leader Dr Lissandro Benedetti-Cecchi @azti.bsky.social #MarineEcology
Dr Angel Borja@drangelborja.bsky.social · last yr.Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi presenting BioBoost+ project developments at #SummerSchool25 @azti.bsky.social #GES4SEAS #MarineEcology
🔥🌊 The #Mediterranean is undergoing a rapid ecological shift! Our new study in Nature Communications reveals that #MassMortality events have caused a substantial loss of benthic #trait #diversity in just 5 years Read the full study: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #ClimateChange #MarineEcology 🌍🌐🧪
Vulnerability of benthic trait diversity across the Mediterranean Sea following mass mortality events - Nature Communications
The future of marine ecosystem function under global change may be predicted by examining past trends. Here, the authors examine mass marine mortality data from 389 benthic Mediterranean species (1986...
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In this 21st edition of the #AZTI Summer School, the proposed topic is ‘AI and citizen science in monitoring and assessing biodiversity and invasive species at sea’. This year, the school is supported by the following projects: #GES4SEAS, #OBAMA-NEXT, #GuardIAS, #BioBoost+, #ANERIS and #POMP
Bioboost+@bioboostplus.bsky.social · last yr.🚨 Exciting news! This summer, BioBoost+ joins the 2025 Summer School on AI & #CitizenScience for #MarineBiodiversity! 🌿🐟🌍 📍 Learn how #AI is revolutionizing marine biodiversity monitoring! Engage with experts & explore innovative tools for #conservation. 🔗 Join us: tinyurl.com/237bhtsw
Heyyy!! #MarineResearchers!!! Our new @azti.bsky.social summer school is here, on #AI and #citizenscience to monitor the #ocean and #biodiversity, with 6 Horizon EU projects #GES4SEAS #Obama-Next @guardias.bsky.social etc. RT #MarineEcology Info and registration here www.azti.es/en/event/sum...
SUMMER SCHOOL 2025 “Artificial intelligence and citizen science in monitoring and assessing biodiversity and invasive species at sea” - AZTI
Summer School 2025 will focus on innovative and practical tools for monitoring and assessing human pressures on biodiversity in marine systems.
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🚨 Exciting news! This summer, BioBoost+ joins the 2025 Summer School on AI & #CitizenScience for #MarineBiodiversity! 🌿🐟🌍 📍 Learn how #AI is revolutionizing marine biodiversity monitoring! Engage with experts & explore innovative tools for #conservation. 🔗 Join us: tinyurl.com/237bhtsw
SUMMER SCHOOL 2025 “Artificial intelligence and citizen science in monitoring and assessing biodiversity and invasive species at sea” - AZTI
Summer School 2025 will focus on innovative and practical tools for monitoring and assessing human pressures on biodiversity in marine systems.
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