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Unlocking the Soundscape of Coral Reefs With Artificial Intelligence: Pretrained Networks and Unsupervised Learning Win Out

Ben Williams; Santiago M. Balvanera; Sarab S. Sethi; Timothy A.C. Lamont; Jamaluddin Jompa; Mochyudho Prasetya; Laura Richardson; Lucille Chapuis; Emma Weschke; Andrew Hoey; Ricardo Beldade; Suzanne C. Mills; Anne Haguenauer; Frederic Zuberer; Stephen D. Simpson; David Curnick; Kate E. Jones · 2025-04-28

This study demonstrates that machine learning, especially pretrained and unsupervised models, can efficiently analyze whole coral reef soundscapes to classify ecological conditions, offering scalable, low-cost insights into reef health and biodiversity across diverse environments.

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Ben Williams; Santiago M. Balvanera; Sarab S. Sethi; Timothy A.C. Lamont; Jamaluddin Jompa; Mochyudho Prasetya; Laura Richardson; Lucille Chapuis; Emma Weschke; Andrew Hoey; Ricardo Beldade; Suzanne C. Mills; Anne Haguenauer; Frederic Zuberer; Stephen D. Simpson; David Curnick; Kate E. Jones. 2025-04-28. Unlocking the Soundscape of Coral Reefs With Artificial Intelligence: Pretrained Networks and Unsupervised Learning Win Out. https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013029 (AI & Environment Resource Hub; record paper-311; collection snapshot 2026-09-15).

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Ben Williams; Santiago M. Balvanera; Sarab S. Sethi; Timothy A.C. Lamont; Jamaluddin Jompa; Mochyudho Prasetya; Laura Richardson; Lucille Chapuis; Emma Weschke; Andrew Hoey; Ricardo Beldade; Suzanne C. Mills; Anne Haguenauer; Frederic Zuberer; Stephen D. Simpson; David Curnick; Kate E. Jones
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