Kymberly M. Yano
A5063629947- Marine animal studies overview
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
2023-2025
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
2023-2025
University of Hawaii System
2023-2025
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
2024
University of Otago
2023
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
2015
For the 40 years after end of commercial whaling in 1976, humpback whale populations North Pacific Ocean exhibited a prolonged period recovery. Using mark–recapture methods on largest individual photo-identification dataset ever assembled for cetacean, we estimated annual ocean-basin-wide abundance species from 2002 through 2021. Trends estimates describe strong post-whaling era population recovery 16 875 (± 5955) to peak estimate 33 488 4455) 2012. An apparent 20% decline 2012 2021, 26 662...
Abstract Researchers can investigate many aspects of animal ecology through noninvasive photo–identification. Photo–identification is becoming more efficient as matching individuals between photos increasingly automated. However, the convolutional neural network models that have facilitated this change need training images to generalize well. As a result, they often been developed for individual species meet threshold. These single‐species methods might underperform, ignore potential...
We present an ocean-basin-scale dataset that includes tail fluke photographic identification (photo-ID) and encounter data for most living individual humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the North Pacific Ocean. The was built through a broad collaboration combining 39 separate curated photo-ID catalogs, supplemented with community science data. Data from throughout were aggregated into 13 regions, including six breeding feeding one migratory corridor. All images compared minimal...
Several legal acts mandate that management agencies regularly assess biological populations. For species with distinct markings, these assessments can be conducted noninvasively via capture-recapture and photographic identification (photo-ID), which involves processing considerable quantities of data. To ease this burden, increasingly rely on automated (ID) algorithms. Identification algorithms present an opportunity-reducing the cost population assessments-and a challenge-propagating...
Understanding the population health status of long-lived and slow-reproducing species is critical for their management. However, it can take decades with traditional monitoring techniques to detect population-level changes in demographic parameters. Early detection effects environmental anthropogenic stressors on vital rates would aid forecasting dynamics therefore inform management efforts. Changes strongly correlate deviations growth, highlighting need novel approaches that provide early...
Abstract Technological advances have facilitated collection of vast quantities photographic data from aerial surveys marine mammals. However, when it is difficult to distinguish species a distance, reliable identification images can often be challenging. This the case for ice‐associated seals, which global climate change has motivated intensive monitoring efforts in recent years. We assess and age class four ice seal (bearded Erignathus barbatus ; ribbon Histriophoca fasciata ringed Pusa...
Small, island-associated populations of cetaceans have evolved around numerous oceanic islands, likely due to habitat discontinuities between nearshore and offshore waters. However, little is known about the ecology structure cetacean Mariana Islands, a remote archipelago in western Pacific Ocean. We present sighting, photo-identification, genetic data collected during twelve years surveys these islands that reveal existence small, population bottlenose dolphins. Nearly half photo-identified...