Automated Remote Data Aquisition, Analysis and Dissemination of Biodiversity Indicators in the Context of Global Climate Change

波多黎各-里奥皮德拉斯大学获得了一笔赠款，用于开发一个自动化的远程生物多样性监测网络，该网络使用声音远程普查鸟类和两栖动物。该项目将产生用于物种识别的机器学习算法、一个数据库和一个用于动态内容的网络可访问界面。该网络将部署在波多黎各的热带山地云林中，每小时的录音将被无线传输到远程分析中心进行数字化。物种识别程序将使用Turbo编码和隐马尔可夫模型。一个基于Linux、阿帕奇、MySQL和PHP的开放平台将提供同时收集的音频、身份识别和相关气候数据的网络传播。该项目将与加勒比国家森林和波多黎各自然资源和环境部密切合作，以确保该系统对它们和今后可能采用该系统的其他团体有用。此外，将通过将波多黎各鸟类学学会的成员纳入该项目的鸟类发声鉴定部分，启动公众宣传活动。

The University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras is awarded a grant to develop an automated remote biodiversity monitoring network that remotely censuses bird and amphibians using sound. The project will produce machine-learning algorithms for species identification, a database, and a web accessible interface for dynamic content. The network will be deployed in tropical montane cloud forests in Puerto Rico where hourly recordings will be transferred wirelessly to remote analysis centers to be digitized. Species recognition programs will use turbo-coding and Hidden Markov Models. An open platform based on Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP will provide the web dissemination of audio, identifications, and associated climate data collected simultaneously. The project will work closely with the Caribbean National Forest and the Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources and Environment to ensure that the system is useful for them and other groups that may adopt it in the future. In addition, public outreach will be initiated by incorporating members of the Ornithological Society of Puerto Rico in the bird vocalization identification component of the project.