Analytical techniques for the interpretation of satellite derived marine animal locations ...

• Main Author: Frydman, S
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University Of Tasmania 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic; Austral; Heard Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; King Penguins
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.25959/23210867.v1; https://figshare.utas.edu.au/articles/thesis/Analytical_techniques_for_the_interpretation_of_satellite_derived_marine_animal_locations/23210867/1

Over the past few decades there has been a dramatic increase in the scale and complexity of data collected from free ranging animals. Advances in data collection have outstripped the development of sufficiently powerful analytical tools. As such, researchers require the ability to store, analyse, interpret and visualise large quantities of animal derived telemetry data. This is achieved through a combination of statistical analysis algorithms and accompanying data analysis software. During the austral summer of 2003/04, a multi-species animal tracking project was conducted at Heard Island. Over a period of 40 days, the offshore movements of Antarctic fur seals, Macaroni penguins and King penguins were tracked using animal-borne transmitters and the Argos satellite system. This project required real-time analysis capabilities to integrate data from multiple predator movements with other contemporaneous data sources. This thesis describes the development of these tools, from the initial package used to direct ...