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Automated identification algorithms aid population assessments but can introduce errors. Optimizing strategies balances labor costs and estimation accuracy, with false negatives significantly impacting abundance estimates.

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  • Ecology
  • Conservation Biology
  • Computational Biology

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  • Legal mandates require regular biological population assessments.
  • Photographic identification (photo-ID) is a noninvasive method for assessing distinct populations.
  • Automated identification (ID) algorithms offer efficiency but risk propagating misidentifications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore strategies for generating capture histories using ID algorithms.
  • To evaluate trade-offs between labor costs and estimation error in population assessments.
  • To identify optimal ID algorithm strategies for different datasets.

Main Methods:

  • A simulation study using 39 photo-ID datasets from 24 cetacean species.
  • Development of a custom optimization tool to determine the best strategy for each dataset.
  • Evaluation of strategies including full automation and partial automation with varying levels of match inspection.

Main Results:

  • True automation is optimal when ID algorithms perform well.
  • As ID performance decreases, inspecting more suggested matches becomes optimal, especially for smaller datasets.
  • False negatives strongly predict estimation error, with a 2% increase leading to a 5% increase in abundance estimate bias.

Conclusions:

  • A framework exists to estimate error, project labor, and find optimal ID strategies.
  • Estimating a strategy's false negative rate is crucial before population assessment implementation.
  • AI in conservation offers benefits and consequences that require careful consideration for population assessments.