ICE-LAPSE image dataset

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Image dataset acquired within the project "ICE-LAPSE: Analysis of Antarctic benthos dynamics by using non-destructive monitoring devices and permanent stations'', PNRA 2013/AZ1.16, funded by the Italian National Antarctic Program.

The dataset is in support of the publication entitled:

Long-term Automated Visual Monitoring of Antarctic Benthic Fauna

Simone Marini 1,2∗ , Federico Bonofiglio 1 , Lorenzo P. Corgnati 1 ,
Andrea Bordone 3, Stefano Schiaparelli 4 , Andrea Peirano 3

1 National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute of Marine Sciences, La Spezia, 19132, Italy,
2 Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, 80121, Italy
3 ENEA-Marine Environment Research Centre, La Spezia, 19132, Italy
4 DISTAV, Università di Genova, Genova, 16132, Italy

∗E-mail: simone.marini@sp.ismar.cnr.it.

Related Scientific Publications:

Marini, S., Bonofiglio, F., Corgnati, L. P., Bordone, A., Schiaparelli, S., & Peirano, A. (2022). Long-term automated visual monitoring of Antarctic benthic fauna. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 00, 1– 19. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13898

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The dataset consists of the following files:

- Raw_Images.tgz contains the images in CR2 format
- JPG_Images.tgz contains the images in JPG format
- 640x427_Images.tgz contains the images in JPG format, with resolution 640x427 Pixels
- ICE-LAPSE_Tags.tgz contains
    - the textual_Tags folder,
    - the Tagged_Images folder,
    - the SpeciesColorLabel image representing the legend for the tagged images contained in the Tagged_Images folder
    - the SpeciesDistribution.csv spreadsheet listing the species for each image

- iFDO_Dataset.tgz contains the images renamed according to the iFDO standard

- Deployment in Tethys bay - Mario Zucchelli Station- 2015_GUARD1-PNRA-2015_iFDO.yaml contains the iFDO metadata information.