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Article << Previous     |     Next >>   Contents Vol 63(4)

Acoustic tracking: issues affecting design, analysis and interpretation of data from movement studies

Jason Richard How A B C and Simon de Lestang A

A Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories, Department of Fisheries, PO Box 20, North Beach, WA 6920, Australia.
B Centre for Marine and Ecosystems Research, School of Natural Sciences, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia.
C Corresponding author. Email: jason.how@fish.wa.gov.au

Marine and Freshwater Research 63(4) 312-324 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF11194
Submitted: 30 August 2011  Accepted: 19 December 2011   Published: 23 March 2012


 
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Abstract

Acoustic telemetry systems are an increasingly common way to examine the movement and behaviour of marine organisms. However, there has been little published on the methodological and analytical work associated with this technology. We tested transmitters of differing power outputs simultaneously in several trials, some lasting ~50 days, to examine the effects of power output and environmental factors (water movement, temperature, lunar cycle and time of day). There were considerable and volatile changes in detections throughout all trials. Increased water movement and temperature significantly reduced detection rates, whereas daytime and full-moon periods had significantly higher detection rates. All nine transmitters (from seven transmitter types tested) showed a sigmoidal trend between detection frequency and distance. Higher-powered transmitters had a prolonged detection distance with near-maximal detections, whereas lower-powered transmitters showed an almost immediate decline. Variation of detection frequency, transmitter type and the modelled relationship between distance and detection frequency were incorporated into a positioning trial which resulted in markedly improved position estimates over previous techniques.

Additional keywords: acoustic variation, array design, environmental influences, positioning trial.


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