SealID: Saimaa Ringed Seal Re-Identification Dataset.

ABSTRACT: Wildlife camera traps and crowd-sourced image material provide novel possibilities to monitor endangered animal species. The massive data volumes call for automatic methods to solve various tasks related to population monitoring, such as the re-identification of individual animals. The Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) is an endangered subspecies only found in Lake Saimaa, Finland, and is one of the few existing freshwater seal species. Ringed seals have permanent pelage patterns that are unique to each individual and that can be used for the identification of individuals. A large variation in poses, further exacerbated by the deformable nature of seals, together with varying appearance and low contrast between the ring pattern and the rest of the pelage makes the Saimaa r

SUBMITTER: Nepovinnykh E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9570853 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature