Author: laurencedeclippele
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DeepSea Nexus: Connecting with your oceans through Extended Reality
DeepSea NEXUS Project: This interdisciplinary project brings together researchers from marine science, machine learning (ML), sonic and immersive arts and developled an interdisciplinary workflow to experience a range of complex marine datasets simultaneously. This holistic sensory approach to data science is expected to increase a sense of connection to our oceans and the rate at…
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Coastal Soundscapes
Our coastal habitats are full of sound! To understand what sounds we find in UK’s coastal habitats, such as seagrass meadows, kelp forests, rocky reefs and sandy beaches we teamed up with SailBritain to explore our underwater soundscapes and featured on BBC Landward (2022 episode 16)! Honours student Carla Leone used the sound recordings collected…
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Healthy and unhealthy soundscapes in cold-water coral reefs
AmpLOPHELIA assesses the health and biodiversity of cold-water coral (CWC) reefs ecosystems using passive acoustic recordings. Lophelia pertusa (aka Desmophyllum pertusum), the dominant framework forming CWC in the North Atlantic, is widely recognised as both functionally important and threatened by fisheries, ocean warming and acidification. Acoustic landscapes, or soundscapes, are composed of biological, geophysical and…
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Interactive Machine Learning Tool for Marine Image Analysis
Even though ocean exploration has exponentially increased in the last two decades due to the development of novel technologies, such as drop cameras, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), automated underwater vehicles (AUVs), and time-lapse image/video camera systems, we currently lack the capacity to analyse these large visual data sets to their full potential. The new open-source…
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Use of Passive Acoustics to Quantify Fish Biodiversity and Habitat Use
Vazella pourtalesii is a large sponge that can form dense sponge grounds which locally enhance biodiversity in the deep sea. Many commercial fish species have been found associated with these sponge grounds, including silver hake, redfish and haddock. However, it is challenging to understand how exactly these fish use these unique habitats. This is why…
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Passive acoustic monitoring as a tool for offshore wind farm biodiversity assessments
This proof-of-concept pilot study is exploring if existing Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) recordings can be used to assess changes in ecosystem health, specifically in relation to the benthic and fish communities associated with different habitat types. Changes in species composition and various stressors (e.g. noise pollution) are expected to occur during and after the installation…
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Coral mound morphology
Manually mapping and characterising the morphology of cold-water coral mounds is very time-consuming. This is why we developed the CoMMa Toolbox. This ArcPro toolbox allows you to semi-automatically map and characterise cold-water coral mounds quickly, consistently and robustly. This tool is open access and the outputs can be used to understand and predict what drives…
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Biomass mapping & nutrient cycling
In an ever-shifting business landscape, adaptability isn’t just a trait—it’s a competitive advantage. Companies that embrace change, learn from challenges, and pivot when necessary are the ones that not only survive but also thrive in uncertain environments.
Laurence De Clippele's Research Group 