Salt marsh ecosystems play a critical role in coastal protection, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity preservation. However, they are increasingly threatened by climate change and anthropogenic activities, necessitating precise vegetation mapping for effective conservation. This study investigated the effectiveness of spectral features and machine learning models in separating typical salt marsh vegetation types in the Yellow River Delta using uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV)-derived multispectral imagery. The results revealed that the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (GNDVI), and Optimized Soil Adjusted Vegetation Index (OSAVI) were pivotal in differentiating vegetation types, compared with spectral reflectance at individual bands. Among the evaluated models, U-Net achieved the highest overall accuracy (94.05%), followed by SegNet (93.26%). However, the U-Net model produced overly distinct and abrupt boundaries between vegetation types, lacking the natural transitions found in real vegetation distributions. In contrast, the SegNet model excelled in boundary handling, better capturing the natural transitions between vegetation types. Both deep learning models outperformed Random Forest (83.74%) and Extreme Gradient Boosting (83.34%). This study highlights the advantages of deep learning models for precise salt marsh vegetation mapping and their potential in ecological monitoring and conservation efforts.


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    Titel :

    Identification of Salt Marsh Vegetation in the Yellow River Delta Using UAV Multispectral Imagery and Deep Learning


    Beteiligte:
    Xiaohui Bai (Autor:in) / Changzhi Yang (Autor:in) / Lei Fang (Autor:in) / Jinyue Chen (Autor:in) / Xinfeng Wang (Autor:in) / Ning Gao (Autor:in) / Peiming Zheng (Autor:in) / Guoqiang Wang (Autor:in) / Qiao Wang (Autor:in) / Shilong Ren (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2025




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Unbekannt





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