eCite Digital Repository
Interpreting diel activity patterns from acoustic telemetry: the need for controls
Citation
Payne, NL and Gillanders, BM and Webber, DM and Semmens, JM, Interpreting diel activity patterns from acoustic telemetry: the need for controls, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 419, (Nov) pp. 295-301. ISSN 0171-8630 (2010) [Refereed Article]
![]() | PDF 167Kb |
Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2010 Inter-Research.
Official URL: http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v419/p295-30...
Abstract
Acoustic telemetry has emerged as a leading approach to infer diel, tidal and lunar rhythmicity in the movements of aquatic organisms in a range of taxa. Typically, studies examine the relative frequency of detections from individuals tagged with acoustic transmitters, and then infer patterns in the species’ behaviour, but studies to date have not controlled for factors that may influence tag detection patterns in the absence of animal behaviour. We compared patterns in acoustic detections from tagged cuttlefish Sepia apama and several fixed-location control tags, and used these data to highlight the danger of misinterpreting patterns in the absence of adequate controls. Cuttlefish and control tags displayed similar detection patterns, and correcting cuttlefish-detection data for the influence of environmental factors resulted in the opposite pattern of cuttlefish activity displayed
prior to correction. This study highlights the danger of using acoustic data to infer animal behaviour in the absence of adequate controls.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
---|---|
Keywords: | Acoustic telemetry, Rhythmicity, Behaviour, Diel, Activity, Temporal |
Research Division: | Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences |
Research Group: | Fisheries sciences |
Research Field: | Fisheries management |
Objective Division: | Animal Production and Animal Primary Products |
Objective Group: | Fisheries - wild caught |
Objective Field: | Wild caught fin fish (excl. tuna) |
UTAS Author: | Semmens, JM (Professor Jayson Semmens) |
ID Code: | 66847 |
Year Published: | 2010 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 101 |
Deposited By: | TAFI - Marine Research Laboratory |
Deposited On: | 2011-02-15 |
Last Modified: | 2011-03-22 |
Downloads: | 336 View Download Statistics |
Repository Staff Only: item control page