Aquatic Acoustic Telemetry Data Analysis (ATDA01) https://www.prstatistics.com/course/aquatic-acoustic-telemetry-data- analysis-atda01/
This course will delivered by Stephanie Smebdol (VEMCO), Dale Webber (VEMCO), Tracie Steig (HTI-Vemco), Sam Johnston (HTI-Vemco) and Dr. Ryan Mowat (RS AQUA) from the 28th January- 1st February 2019 in Glasgow City centre. Please feel free to share this post! Course Overview: Acoustic telemetry has become increasingly popular as a method of choice for monitoring the movements and behaviour of aquatic animals globally. Increasingly smaller tags along with improvements in battery technology have allowed for tagging a wide variety of species and life stages, enabling monitoring of individuals as small as salmon smolts and as large as whale sharks for periods from 30 days to 10 years. Receiver technology also continues to evolve and increasingly allows for data to be collected at finer spatial and temporal scales than ever before. In addition, with more and more acoustic diagnostics information available telemetry datasets are becoming richer, allowing more detailed analyses of system performance over time and more robust interpretation of animal detection data. In this course you will learn about the different types of Vemco acoustic telemetry technology and their applicability for use in different study environments and in answering a variety of research questions. Advantages and limitations of the different types of equipment will be discussed, along with resulting study design considerations such as hardware selection and tag programming considerations. The planning and testing phases of any acoustic telemetry study are critical to success, and you will learn about the importance of testing the suitability of your environment for acoustic telemetry, testing your array once it is deployed, and monitoring your system performance throughout the duration of your study. We will analyze an example range test dataset and discuss the implications of range test results on array design. You will also learn how to test your study deployment in the field and what metrics are best used to determine whether the array is operating as planned. Finally, because interpretation of acoustic telemetry data and inferring animal behaviour from these data is often confounded by array performance questions, this course will teach you techniques for assessing system performance to aid in the correct interpretation of animal detection data. Since telemetry datasets are growing larger all of the time, data management is becoming increasingly challenging. During this course you will learn to perform basic quality assurance on your data (removal of false detections, time correction of detection data) and basic filtering techniques (identifying residency events, removing duplicate detections) for large datasets. Finally, this course will include extensive discussion of the proper design and logistics of fine-scale positioning studies and will provide an overview of the different types of analyses that are commonly performed with positional data. You will also have the opportunity to discuss your own telemetry studies with the experts during a Q&A session on the final day of the course. Bring your own data and your questions! Course Programme Monday 28th – Classes from 09:30 to 17:30 Lecture 1 1) Introduction to Acoustic Telemetry Acoustic vs radio, satellite, PIT tags History of acoustic telemetry Comparison of acoustic technologies from different manufacturers 2) How Vemco acoustics work Continuous vs coded vs HR (High Residence) transmission systems Pinger tags vs sensor tags 3) Vemco Equipment Overview Applications of 69 kHz line Applications of 180 kHz line Applications of HR (High Residence) technology 4) Designing a Successful Study Hardware Selection Tag Programming Considerations Range Testing Using Sentinel Tags 5) Vemco Equipment Demo PPM vs HR coding systems Surgery techniques Tuesday 29th – Classes from 09:30 to 17:30 Lecture 2 1) Preparing for Deployment Preparing your receivers Initialization tips Setting up built-in transmitters 2) System performance considerations Quiet vs noisy locations Thermoclines River flow considerations Mooring design and receiver attachment 3) Testing your deployment Using transponding data (includes transponding demonstration) Using offloaded test data/VUE (includes demonstration) Important considerations during testing Practical 1 4) Case Study 1 – River migration study (traditional PPM coding example) Study Design Range test analysis example Determining receiver spacing Tag Programming Wednesday 30th – Classes from 09:30 to 17:30 1) Practical 2 Data Management (using Case Study 1 data or other example datasets Assigning stations in VUE Time Correction Identifying false detections Using VUE’s FDA tool Marking questionable detections in your exported data 2) Filtering your data Building filters in VUE Identifying residency events What to do with duplicate detections Sensor Tag Data Bringing in sensor metadata (.VXM) files How to handle data from sensor tags with multiple IDs System Performance Assessment using R1 Using detection data Using ping data Using receiver sensor / diagnostic data Data Analysis Calculating gate detection probabilities Calculating swimming speeds Animating your animal movement data Thursday 31st – Classes from 09:30 to 17:30 Lecture 3 1) Introduction to High Residence technology VPS (PPM and HR) Theory (how VPS works) Special deployment considerations Special considerations for testing your array Practical 4 2) Case Study 2 – VPS o Study Design Range test analysis example  Determining receiver spacing Tag Programming Testing the array – how do I know my VPS will work? Data Analysis Visualizing animal position data Home Range example Friday 1st – Classes from 09:30 to 16:00 Practical 5 1) Case Study 3 VPS using High Residence (HR) technology Lecture 4 2) Summary – what have we learned? Challenges specific to analyzing telemetry data Practical 6 3) Discuss your work! Opportunity for course participants to discuss their work with the group and seek advice. Email oliverhoo...@prstatistics.com Check out our sister sites, www.PRstatistics.com (Ecology and Life Sciences) www.PRinformatics.com (Bioinformatics and data science) www.PSstatistics.com (Behaviour and cognition) 1. October 8th – 12th 2018 INTRODUCTION TO FREQUENTIST AND BAYESIAN MIXED (HIERARCHICAL) MODELS (IFBM01) Glasgow, Scotland, Dr Andrew Parnell https://www.psstatistics.com/course/introduction-to-frequentis-and-bayesian- mixed-models-ifbm01/ 2. 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