3D Reconstructions of Restored Mussel Beds in New Zealand

Eight 3D reconstructions of mussel bed transects captured by GoPro cameras at two sites in New Zealand. The dataset includes textured model files (.PLY) with properties denoting manually segmented mussel mesh nodes and geodesic distances from mussel groupings. It was created by Mihailo Azhar and colleagues, with details published in a related scientific paper.

Use Cases

• Analyze mussel bed spatial structure based on 3D reconstructions
• Measure ecological distances within mussel communities based on encoded geodesic distances
• Validate underwater photogrammetry techniques based on stereo camera data
• Assess restoration success by comparing 3D models of different transect sections

Strengths

• Models include expert-manually segmented mussel nodes, indicating high annotation quality
• Contains data from two distinct sites and eight transect sections, providing spatial variety
• Includes both 3D model files (.PLY) and textures for visualization

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Last updated 2026-05-25 12:14:45; freshness should be verified

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Low-cost underwater stereo photogrammetry using GoPro cameras

Geography

New Zealand