The main goal of the EUPHROSYNE research project lies in improving, testing and validating both in the laboratory and in the open water a multi-sensor measuring system based on the integration of photogrammetry and fluorescence imagery. The project also includes the development of AI (artificial intelligence), computer vision and geometry processing algorithms for automating data analysis.
EUPHROSYNE experiences the benefits of using SCUBA divers and underwater remotely operated vehicles (UROVs) for data capturing, with the aim of fostering their adoption in ecology applications. Combining these emerging techniques (that can be applied to a range of 3D morphometrics, different habitats, and species) paves the way to innovative opportunities in ecological research and more effective results than traditional in-situ measurements. The case studies will be Mediterranean habitat-forming anthozoans of international conservation interest sensitive to climate alterations and threatened by anthropogenic pressures.
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