arXiv Statistics ML

A Deep Zero-Inflated Model of North Atlantic Right Whale Presence To Support Blue Economy Management in the U.S. East Coast

The paper introduces the Deep Zero-Inflated Bernoulli (DeepZIB) model, a deep statistical framework that jointly estimates latent North Atlantic Right Whale presence and detection probabilities from passive acoustic monitoring data. It addresses challenges such as zero inflation, imperfect detection, and complex habitat dependencies, and demonstrates improved predictive performance and model adequacy through simulations and real-world application along the U.S. East Coast. The model produces high-resolution, spatiotemporal presence maps that can inform targeted, risk-aware management of blue economy activities.

arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 15

Large-scale bioacoustic detection using semantic segmentation: a deep learning framework applied to fin whale calls in ocean-bottom seismometer recordings

arXiv:2609.13281v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Ocean-bottom seismometers (OBS), originally deployed for geophysical research, continuously record low-frequency sound for months to years across bro...

By Jocelyn Japnanto, Alex A. Saoulis, Miriam Romagosa, Rita Leit\~ao, Gabrielle Arrieta, M\'onica A. Silva, Matthew Graham, Ana M. G. Ferreira
arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 3

Efficient Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Killer Whales Using a Two-Stage Detection and Ecotype Classification Cascade

The paper presents a lightweight ResNet-based two-stage cascade for passive acoustic monitoring of killer whales. First, it detects vocalizations, then it classifies confident detections into five eastern North Pacific ecotypes, abstaining on ambiguous calls. The pipeline achieves high macro‑F1 scores on the DCLDE 2027 dataset and improves real‑time inference speed, while active learning adapts the detector to new acoustic environments.

By Daniela Ruiz, Manuel Castellote, Zhongqi Miao, Carl Chalmers, Bruno Demuro, Rahul Dodhia, Pablo Arbelaez, Juan M. Lavista
arXiv AI
Jun 12

GetNetUPAM: Ecologically Informed Nested Cross-Validation and Noise-Robust Attention for Marine Bioacoustic Monitoring

arXiv:2509. 04682v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Deploying reliable bioacoustic monitoring systems requires models that generalize under high-noise, low-SNR conditions and evaluation protocols that expose deployment-relevant failure modes, gaps largely unaddressed in current UPAM practice.

By Nicholas R. Rasmussen, Rodrigue Rizk, Longwei Wang, KC Santosh
arXiv Computer Vision
Aug 24

WildFin: An In-the-Wild Dataset for Fish Behavioral Recognition

arXiv:2608.21281v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent advances in field technology have led to a massive influx of in-the-wild video data for ecological science. The primary bottleneck in leveraging...

By Abigail G. Grassick, Jerome Tze-Hou Hsu, Ethan Lin, Ziang Liu, Max Whitton, Madelyn Hair, Liam Gutierrez, Haozheng Yu, Kristin Branson, Vivek Jayaraman, Michael A. Gil, Andrew M. Hein, Jennifer J. Sun
arXiv AI
4d ago

AUWave: A Data-Driven Model for Reconstructing Significant Wave Heights Using Sparse Observations

AUWave is a hybrid deep‑learning framework that reconstructs high‑resolution regional significant wave height (SWH) fields from sparse buoy observations. By combining a station‑wise encoder with a multi‑scale U‑Net enhanced by self‑attention, it outperforms a baseline model, especially when more than one buoy is available, and identifies critical anchor stations through buoy ablation studies. Cross‑basin tests in the Atlantic and Pacific demonstrate the model’s robustness and portability, suggesting its applicability for operational ocean monitoring and data assimilation.

By Hongyuan Shi, Yilin Zhai, Ping Dong, Zaijin You, Chao Zhan, Qing Wang
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 21

BG4Sea: Biogeochemical Seasonal Forecastability via Progressive Information Scaling

arXiv:2607. 16731v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Marine biogeochemical forecasting is increasingly important for managing marine ecosystems and the carbon cycle, yet global, seasonal forecast products lag far behind physical oceanography, held back by the complexity of the processes involved and by data scarcity.

By Gabriela Martinez Balbontin, Anastase Charantonis, Dominique Bereziat, Stefano Ciavatta
arXiv AI
Jul 22

Incomplete Observations Boost Evolutionary Performance in Ocean Modeling

arXiv:2607. 19147v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Data-driven methods have revolutionized ocean modeling, yet current approaches rely heavily on complete reanalysis datasets, imposing computational constraints and limiting model performance to that of the training data.

By Yangyang Kong, Yutong Jiang, Yanhai Gan, Junyu Dong, Feng Gao, Xiaopei Lin