Leveraging automated image analysis tools to transform our capacity to assess status and trends on coral reefs.

Courtney Couch1,2, Ivor Williams3, Oscar Beijbom4, Thomas Oliver2, Bernardo Vargas-Angel5, Brett Schumacher6 and Russell Eugene Brainard7, (1)Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Honolulu, HI, United States, (2)NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division, Honolulu, HI, United States, (3)NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division, Honolulu, United States, (4)University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, (5)National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Ecosystem Sciences Division, Honolulu, HI, United States, (6)NOAA Pacific Islands Regional Office, Sustainable Fisheries Division, Honolulu, United States, (7)NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, HI, United States