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The YOLOv8-based Coral Intel framework achieves high accuracy in identifying Caribbean corals from oblique underwater imagery, though its performance drops significantly in top-down field validation due to domain shifts and morphological similarities. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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This research aims to assess the YOLOv8 framework's accuracy in identifying Caribbean scleractinian corals from underwater images.

June 7, 2026Intelligent Marine Technology and SystemsOpen Access

Coral Intel: a YOLOv8 deep learning framework for monitoring Caribbean corals

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ECElvin Cordero CSClark E. Sherman PYPriyanka Yadav

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Randomized trial evaluates YOLOv8's effectiveness in detecting Caribbean coral species, indicating challenges due to morphological similarities.

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This research aims to assess the YOLOv8 framework's accuracy in identifying Caribbean scleractinian corals from underwater images.
Utilized a dataset of 10,373 coral images, augmented to 32,423 images for model training.
Developed genus- and species-level models for 59 coral taxa.
Conducted independent field validation using transect-based photoquadrat imagery.
Genus-level model achieved mean average Precision of 0.954; species-level model reached 0.938.
Field validation showed species-level Precision at 0.389; Recall at 0.336, affected by domain shift and morphological similarity.
Restricting to nine species improved separability but did not eliminate detection errors.

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Cordero et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a250bca7def13d035e1bc50 https://doi.org/10.1007/s44295-026-00107-5

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June 7, 2026Intelligent Marine Technology and SystemsOpen Access

Coral Intel: a YOLOv8 deep learning framework for monitoring Caribbean corals

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Authors

ECElvin Cordero CSClark E. Sherman PYPriyanka Yadav

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Overview

Randomized trial evaluates YOLOv8's effectiveness in detecting Caribbean coral species, indicating challenges due to morphological similarities.

Key Points

This research aims to assess the YOLOv8 framework's accuracy in identifying Caribbean scleractinian corals from underwater images.
Utilized a dataset of 10,373 coral images, augmented to 32,423 images for model training.
Developed genus- and species-level models for 59 coral taxa.
Conducted independent field validation using transect-based photoquadrat imagery.
Genus-level model achieved mean average Precision of 0.954; species-level model reached 0.938.
Field validation showed species-level Precision at 0.389; Recall at 0.336, affected by domain shift and morphological similarity.
Restricting to nine species improved separability but did not eliminate detection errors.

Cite This Study

Cordero et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a250bca7def13d035e1bc50 https://doi.org/10.1007/s44295-026-00107-5

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