Methods in Ecology and Evolution (Oct 2023)
Positioning aquatic animals with acoustic transmitters
- Robert J. Lennox,
- Kim Aarestrup,
- Josep Alós,
- Robert Arlinghaus,
- Eneko Aspillaga,
- Michael G. Bertram,
- Kim Birnie‐Gauvin,
- Tomas Brodin,
- Steven J. Cooke,
- Lotte S. Dahlmo,
- Félicie Dhellemmes,
- Karl Ø. Gjelland,
- Gustav Hellström,
- Henry Hershey,
- Christopher Holbrook,
- Thomas Klefoth,
- Susan Lowerre‐Barbieri,
- Christopher T. Monk,
- Cecilie Iden Nilsen,
- Ine Pauwels,
- Renanel Pickholtz,
- Marie Prchalová,
- Jan Reubens,
- Milan Říha,
- David Villegas‐Ríos,
- Knut Wiik Vollset,
- Samuel Westrelin,
- Henrik Baktoft
Affiliations
- Robert J. Lennox
- NORCE Norwegian Research Centre Laboratory for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries Bergen Norway
- Kim Aarestrup
- Section for Freshwater Fisheries and Ecology Technical University of Denmark Silkeborg Denmark
- Josep Alós
- Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados (IMEDEA, CSIC‐UIB) Esporles Spain
- Robert Arlinghaus
- Department of Fish Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries Berlin Germany
- Eneko Aspillaga
- Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados (IMEDEA, CSIC‐UIB) Esporles Spain
- Michael G. Bertram
- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Umeå Sweden
- Kim Birnie‐Gauvin
- Section for Freshwater Fisheries and Ecology Technical University of Denmark Silkeborg Denmark
- Tomas Brodin
- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Umeå Sweden
- Steven J. Cooke
- Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science Carleton University Ottawa Ontario Canada
- Lotte S. Dahlmo
- NORCE Norwegian Research Centre Laboratory for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries Bergen Norway
- Félicie Dhellemmes
- Department of Fish Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries Berlin Germany
- Karl Ø. Gjelland
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research Fram Centre Tromsø Norway
- Gustav Hellström
- Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Umeå Sweden
- Henry Hershey
- School of Fisheries Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences Auburn University Auburn Alabama USA
- Christopher Holbrook
- U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center Hammond Bay Biological Station Millersburg Michigan USA
- Thomas Klefoth
- Ecology and Conservation, Faculty of Nature and Engineering Hochschule Bremen Bremen Germany
- Susan Lowerre‐Barbieri
- Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatic Sciences University of Florida Gainesville Florida USA
- Christopher T. Monk
- Marine Evolutionary Ecology GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel Kiel Germany
- Cecilie Iden Nilsen
- NORCE Norwegian Research Centre Laboratory for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries Bergen Norway
- Ine Pauwels
- Research Institute for Nature and Forest Brussels Belgium
- Renanel Pickholtz
- School of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Israel
- Marie Prchalová
- Biology Centre of Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Hydrobiology Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
- Jan Reubens
- Flanders Marine Institute Oostende Belgium
- Milan Říha
- Biology Centre of Czech Academy of Sciences Institute of Hydrobiology Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
- David Villegas‐Ríos
- Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, CSIC Vigo Spain
- Knut Wiik Vollset
- NORCE Norwegian Research Centre Laboratory for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries Bergen Norway
- Samuel Westrelin
- INRAE, Aix Marseille Université, Pôle RandD ECLA, RECOVER Aix‐en‐Provence Cedex 5 France
- Henrik Baktoft
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) Trondheim Norway
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14191
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 14,
no. 10
pp. 2514 – 2530
Abstract
Abstract Geolocating aquatic animals with acoustic tags has been ongoing for decades, relying on the detection of acoustic signals at multiple receivers with known positions to calculate a 2D or 3D position, and ultimately recreate the path of an aquatic animal from detections at fixed stations. This method of underwater geolocation is evolving with new software and hardware options available to help investigators design studies and calculate positions using solvers based predominantly on time‐difference‐of‐arrival and time‐of‐arrival. We provide an overview of the considerations necessary to implement positioning in aquatic acoustic telemetry studies, including how to design arrays of receivers, test performance, synchronize receiver clocks and calculate positions from the detection data. We additionally present some common positioning algorithms, including both the free open‐source solvers and the ‘black‐box’ methods provided by some manufacturers for calculating positions. This paper is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of methods and considerations for designing and implementing better positioning studies that will support users, and encourage further knowledge advances in aquatic systems.
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