Animal Tracking
Animal Tracking
Animal Tracking supports the collection of a wide range of data using tagged animals including fish, sharks and marine mammals.
Rob Harcourt, Macquarie University
Data collection
Animal Tracking consists of two sub-Facilities: Acoustic Telemetry, which uses a continental-scale array of strategically placed underwater acoustic receivers and a central data repository to monitor and track broad-scale movements of tagged animals, and Animal Tagging, which deploys satellite-relayed transmitters equipped with miniaturised oceanographic sensors on marine species (i.e. seals, and sea turtles ) to collect behavioural (movements, dive behaviour) and physical (depth, temperature and salinity) data.
Key aims
- Maintain and coordinate the continental-scale network of acoustic receivers and promote collaboration within the acoustic telemetry research community.
- Act as the central data repository for collaborating researchers and organisations around Australia and the broader Oceania region, following and promoting best practices in data management and quality control.
- Monitor remote regions of the Southern Ocean and contribute to understanding of changes in dynamics linked to climate change.
- Collaborate and contribute to the global Ocean Tracking Network.
Sub-Facilities
Inactive Sub-Facilities
Useful information
Acknowledging IMOS
Users of IMOS data are required to clearly acknowledge the source material by including the following statement:
Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) is enabled by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). It is operated by a consortium of institutions as an unincorporated joint venture, with the University of Tasmania as Lead Agent.