TrackPlot™
A class of digital recording tags has been developed that can be attached to marine mammals and thereby record the animals movements and vocalizations over a period of 24 hours or more. Examples of such tags are Dtag, CritterCam, Daily Diary and Acousonde. These tags contain accelerometers, magnetometers and pressure sensors.
TrackPlot™ is a software package designed to help analyze kinematic patterns from tag data. This package allows for novel kinematic patterns to be rapidly identified and analyzed. It also allows for the pseudo-track to be georeferenced if a set of surface fix locations exist. And it allows for sound to be played synchronously with movement.
Download TrackPlot™ Here
DownLoad TrackPlot3.0™ Here
This software is still somewhat experimental. Please contact Colin Ware for help in using it.
Funded by ONR N0014091601
References
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Ware, C. Friedlaender, A.S. , Nowacek, D.P. (in press) Shallow and Deep Lunge Feeding of Humpback Whales in Fjords of the West Antarctic Peninsula. Marine Mammal Science.
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Hazen, E.L., Friedlaender, A.S., Michael A. Thompson, Ware, C., Weinrich, M.T., Halpin, P.N and Wiley, D.N. (2009) Fine-scale prey aggregations and foraging ecology of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Marine Ecology Progress Series. 395. 75-89.
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Friedlaender, A.S., Hazen, E.L., Nowacek, D.P., Halpin, P.N. Ware, C., Weinrich, M.T., Hurst, T., and Wiley, D. (2009) Diel Changes in Humpback Whale (Megaptera Novaeangliae) feeding behaivior in response to sand lance (Ammodytes SPP.) Behavior and Distribution. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 395, 91-100.
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Ware, C., Arsenault, R., Plumlee, M. & Wiley, D. (2006) Visualizing the Underwater Behavior of Humpback Whales. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, July/August issue. 14-18.