Author ORCID Identifier
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9050-6077
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Publication Title
BioScience
Volume
67
Issue
10
First Page
884
Last Page
896
Abstract
Electronic tags are significantly improving our understanding of aquatic animal behavior and are emerging as key sources of information for conservation and management practices. Future aquatic integrative biology and ecology studies will increasingly rely on data from electronic tagging. Continued advances in tracking hardware and software are needed to provide the knowledge required by managers and policymakers to address the challenges posed by the world's changing aquatic ecosystems. We foresee multiplatform tracking systems for simultaneously monitoring the position, activity, and physiology of animals and the environment through which they are moving. Improved data collection will be accompanied by greater data accessibility and analytical tools for processing data, enabled by new infrastructure and cyberinfrastructure. To operationalize advances and facilitate integration into policy, there must be parallel developments in the accessibility of education and training, as well as solutions to key governance and legal issues.
DOI
10.1093/biosci/bix098
Recommended Citation
Lennox, Robert J.; Aarestrup, Kim; Cooke, Steven J.; Cowley, Paul D.; Deng, Zhiqun D.; Fisk, Aaron T.; Harcourt, Robert G.; Heupel, Michelle; Hinch, Scott G.; Holland, Kim N.; Hussey, Nigel E.; Iverson, Sara J.; Kessel, Steven T.; Kocik, John F.; Lucas, Martyn C.; Flemming, Joanna Mills; Nguyen, Vivian M.; Stokesbury, Michael J.W.; Vagle, Svein; VanderZwaag, David L.; Whoriskey, Frederick G.; and Young, Nathan, "Envisioning the Future of Aquatic Animal Tracking: Technology, Science, and Application" (2017). BioScience, 67, 10, 884-896.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/biologypub/799