UMAP Acoustic Positioning Software

• Continuous 2-D or 3-D (using depth tags) tracks of transmittered animals automatically computed from data extracted from 3 to 256 autonomous wireless hydrophones
• Compatible with MAP (WHS 3050, 3250) and JSATS (WHS 4250) acoustic systems
• Transparent process – user controlled processing/filtering of raw data
• Dilution of Precision calculation supports optimal hydrophone array geometry (aperture)
• Open architecture supports exchange with third party analysis tools
• Export file generation for import by major GIS packages and Google Earth
• No hydrophone cable requirement means lower deployment and maintenance costs and ultimately, higher system reliability.
• No surface buoy requirement translates to lower equipment and deployment costs, higher reliability and reduction in losses from theft, damage from debris or vandalism.
• Precise positioning in areas where cables are impractical means that new research can be conducted in areas of fine scale habitat utilization, species interaction, and behavior around barriers or effluent plumes.

Fine scale species interaction, Critical habitat use, Fish guidance/passage efficiency, Multi-year whole lake/bay/river monitoring, Pollutant uptake studies, Predator/prey studies, Areas of concern remediation efforts.

Getting ready for our reality mining experiment with @enekoasp in Mallorca with @RArlinghausFish @LeibnizIGB to track a full coastal food-web (350 individuals: invertebrates to big rays) at unprecedented spatial(m.)/temporal(s.) resolution with @LotekWireless positioning system pic.twitter.com/H7g2AxNfUO

— Josep Alos (@josep_alos) March 21, 2019

JSATS system deployed off the coast of Spain

Using data generated with UMAP, then processed and filtered in R, this animation shows the activity of marine animals; pearly razor fish, n = 320, Common pandora, n = 6, Sand Steenbras, n =  1, Sea bream and Rough Ray, n = 3.”

Credit: Josep Alos, Eneko Aspillaga, IMEDEA, 2020.

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