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Williams HJ, Taylor LA, Benhamou S, Bijleveld AI, Clay TA, de Grissac S, Demšar U, English HM, Franconi N, Gómez-Laich A, Griffiths RC, Kay WP, Morales JM, Potts JR, Rogerson KF, Rutz C, Spelt A, Trevail AM, Wilson RP, Börger L. Optimizing the use of biologgers for movement ecology research. J Anim Ecol 2019; 89:186-206. [PMID: 31424571 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Abstract
The paradigm-changing opportunities of biologging sensors for ecological research, especially movement ecology, are vast, but the crucial questions of how best to match the most appropriate sensors and sensor combinations to specific biological questions and how to analyse complex biologging data, are mostly ignored. Here, we fill this gap by reviewing how to optimize the use of biologging techniques to answer questions in movement ecology and synthesize this into an Integrated Biologging Framework (IBF). We highlight that multisensor approaches are a new frontier in biologging, while identifying current limitations and avenues for future development in sensor technology. We focus on the importance of efficient data exploration, and more advanced multidimensional visualization methods, combined with appropriate archiving and sharing approaches, to tackle the big data issues presented by biologging. We also discuss the challenges and opportunities in matching the peculiarities of specific sensor data to the statistical models used, highlighting at the same time the large advances which will be required in the latter to properly analyse biologging data. Taking advantage of the biologging revolution will require a large improvement in the theoretical and mathematical foundations of movement ecology, to include the rich set of high-frequency multivariate data, which greatly expand the fundamentally limited and coarse data that could be collected using location-only technology such as GPS. Equally important will be the establishment of multidisciplinary collaborations to catalyse the opportunities offered by current and future biologging technology. If this is achieved, clear potential exists for developing a vastly improved mechanistic understanding of animal movements and their roles in ecological processes and for building realistic predictive models.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hannah J Williams
- Department of Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- Save the Elephants, Nairobi, Kenya.,Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CNRS Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Coastal Systems, Utrecht University, Den Burg, The Netherlands
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- School of Geography & Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
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- Department of Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- Department of Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos (IBIOMAR), CONICET, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
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- Department of Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- Department of Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- Grupo de Ecología Cuantitativa, INIBIOMA-Universidad Nacional del Comahue, CONICET, Bariloche, Argentina
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Centre for Biological Diversity, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK
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- Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol, University Walk, UK
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- Department of Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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Kay WP, Naumann DS, Bowen HJ, Withers SJ, Evans BJ, Wilson RP, Stringell TB, Bull JC, Hopkins PW, Börger L. Minimizing the impact of biologging devices: Using computational fluid dynamics for optimizing tag design and positioning. Methods Ecol Evol 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- William P. Kay
- Swansea Laboratory for Animal Movement, Department of Biosciences, College of Science Swansea University Swansea Wales UK
- Spatial and Population Ecology Research Group, Department of Biosciences, College of Science Swansea University Swansea Wales, UK
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- College of Engineering Zienkiewicz Centre for Computational EngineeringSwansea University, Swansea Wales, UK
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- College of Engineering Zienkiewicz Centre for Computational EngineeringSwansea University, Swansea Wales, UK
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- College of Engineering Zienkiewicz Centre for Computational EngineeringSwansea University, Swansea Wales, UK
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- College of Engineering Zienkiewicz Centre for Computational EngineeringSwansea University, Swansea Wales, UK
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- Swansea Laboratory for Animal Movement, Department of Biosciences, College of Science Swansea University Swansea Wales UK
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- Spatial and Population Ecology Research Group, Department of Biosciences, College of Science Swansea University Swansea Wales, UK
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- Swansea Laboratory for Animal Movement, Department of Biosciences, College of Science Swansea University Swansea Wales UK
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- Swansea Laboratory for Animal Movement, Department of Biosciences, College of Science Swansea University Swansea Wales UK
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Wilson RP, Liebsch N, Gómez-Laich A, Kay WP, Bone A, Hobson VJ, Siebert U. Options for modulating intra-specific competition in colonial pinnipeds: the case of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in the Wadden Sea. PeerJ 2015; 3:e957. [PMID: 26082869 PMCID: PMC4465952 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2014] [Accepted: 04/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Colonial pinnipeds may be subject to substantial consumptive competition because they are large, slow-moving central place foragers. We examined possible mechanisms for reducing this competition by examining the diving behaviour of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) after equipping 34 seals (11 females, 23 males) foraging from three locations; Rømø, Denmark and Lorenzenplate and Helgoland, Germany, in the Wadden Sea area with time-depth recorders. Analysis of 319,021 dives revealed little between-colony variation but appreciable inter-sex differences, with males diving deeper than females, but for shorter periods. Males also had higher vertical descent rates. This result suggests that males may have higher overall swim speeds, which would increase higher oxygen consumption, and may explain the shorter dive durations compared to females. Intersex variation in swim speed alone is predicted to lead to fundamental differences in the time use of three-dimensional space, which may help reduce consumptive competition in harbour seals and other colonial pinnipeds.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rory P Wilson
- Swansea Laboratory for Animal Movement, Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University , Swansea, Wales , UK ; GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Düsternbrooker , Kiel , Germany
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- Customized Animal Tracking Solutions , Moffat Beach, QLD , Australia
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- Centro Nacional Patagonico-CONICET , Puerto Madryn (U9120ACD), Chubut , Argentina
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- Swansea Laboratory for Animal Movement, Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University , Swansea, Wales , UK
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- Swansea Laboratory for Animal Movement, Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University , Swansea, Wales , UK
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- Swansea Laboratory for Animal Movement, Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University , Swansea, Wales , UK
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- Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover , Büsum , Germany
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