First Application of 360-Degree Camera Technology to Marine Predator Bio-Logging
Animal-borne video camera systems have long-been used to capture the fine-scale behaviors and unknown aspects of the biology of marine animals. However, their utility to serve as robust scientific tools in the greater bio-logging research community has not been fully realized. Here we provide, for t...
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| author | Austin J. Gallagher Nourah A. Alsudairy Brendan D. Shea Brendan D. Shea Nicholas L. Payne Carlos M. Duarte |
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| description | Animal-borne video camera systems have long-been used to capture the fine-scale behaviors and unknown aspects of the biology of marine animals. However, their utility to serve as robust scientific tools in the greater bio-logging research community has not been fully realized. Here we provide, for the first time, an application of 360-degree camera technology to a marine organism, using a large tiger shark as a proof-of-concept case study. Leveraging the three-dimensional nature of the imaging technology, we derived 224 seafloor habitat assessments over the course of the nearly 1-h track, whereby the shark was able to survey ∼23,000 square meters of seafloor; over three-times greater than the capacity of non 360-degree cameras. The resulting data provided detailed information on habitat use, diving behavior, and swimming speed, as well seafloor mapping. Our results suggest that 360-degree cameras provide complimentary benefits—and in some cases superior efficiency—than unidirectional video packages, with an enhanced capacity to map seafloor. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fa4f07aa46a64ee8bdc41674c1ac1fdf2022-12-21T22:45:50ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452021-07-01810.3389/fmars.2021.707376707376First Application of 360-Degree Camera Technology to Marine Predator Bio-LoggingAustin J. Gallagher0Nourah A. Alsudairy1Brendan D. Shea2Brendan D. Shea3Nicholas L. Payne4Carlos M. Duarte5Beneath the Waves, Herndon, VA, United StatesRed Sea Research Center and Computational Biosciences Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi ArabiaBeneath the Waves, Herndon, VA, United StatesDepartment of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United StatesTrinity College Dublin, Dublin, IrelandRed Sea Research Center and Computational Biosciences Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi ArabiaAnimal-borne video camera systems have long-been used to capture the fine-scale behaviors and unknown aspects of the biology of marine animals. However, their utility to serve as robust scientific tools in the greater bio-logging research community has not been fully realized. Here we provide, for the first time, an application of 360-degree camera technology to a marine organism, using a large tiger shark as a proof-of-concept case study. Leveraging the three-dimensional nature of the imaging technology, we derived 224 seafloor habitat assessments over the course of the nearly 1-h track, whereby the shark was able to survey ∼23,000 square meters of seafloor; over three-times greater than the capacity of non 360-degree cameras. The resulting data provided detailed information on habitat use, diving behavior, and swimming speed, as well seafloor mapping. Our results suggest that 360-degree cameras provide complimentary benefits—and in some cases superior efficiency—than unidirectional video packages, with an enhanced capacity to map seafloor.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.707376/fullbio-loggingcamera360sharktelemetrymonitoring |
| spellingShingle | Austin J. Gallagher Nourah A. Alsudairy Brendan D. Shea Brendan D. Shea Nicholas L. Payne Carlos M. Duarte First Application of 360-Degree Camera Technology to Marine Predator Bio-Logging Frontiers in Marine Science bio-logging camera 360 shark telemetry monitoring |
| title | First Application of 360-Degree Camera Technology to Marine Predator Bio-Logging |
| title_full | First Application of 360-Degree Camera Technology to Marine Predator Bio-Logging |
| title_fullStr | First Application of 360-Degree Camera Technology to Marine Predator Bio-Logging |
| title_full_unstemmed | First Application of 360-Degree Camera Technology to Marine Predator Bio-Logging |
| title_short | First Application of 360-Degree Camera Technology to Marine Predator Bio-Logging |
| title_sort | first application of 360 degree camera technology to marine predator bio logging |
| topic | bio-logging camera 360 shark telemetry monitoring |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.707376/full |
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