Types of Projects > Sonar and Acoustics Projects

The study of marine animals has greatly advanced through the use of acoustic tracking systems. Listening stations have simplified the process of data collection but this has created the phenomenon, now existing within many scientific areas, of information overload. The retrieval and analysis of collected data from such systems is a time-consuming process as currently there are few utilities and techniques available for the analysis of captured movement data. This project developed computational techniques for analysing and visualizing marine animal tracking data. These techniques were used by the Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute to analyse tracking data for Tasmanian rock lobster and octopus species.

Participants: Mr Matthew Inkson, Mr Mathew Woods, Dr Caleb Gardner (TAFI), Dr Ray Williams

Image Source: Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute