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Acoustic Telemetry Resources

Nassau grouper resting at spawning aggregation site offshore Puerto Rico. Photo Credit: JP Zegarra

FACT Wiki Page

Check out the FACT Wiki page for best practices on receiver attachment methods, on how to manage receiver metadata, and more. Click here.

Acoustic Receiver Updates from Innovasea

R you into Programming? (See what we did there)

While many programming languages exist, the most common language used by FACT researchers is R. If you’re an R geek like us here are some useful tips and packages we think are pretty snazzy for animal tracking data analysis.

VEMBU TAG MANUFACTURERS

Vemco Biotelemetry User Database (VEMBU)

Developed by our very own Joy Young the Vemco Biotelemetry User Database (VEMBU) is an access database used to store receiver and sensor metadata, download logs, and tagging metadata.

 

The VEMBU has a lot of useful tools and outputs as well as a means to format data easily to be put into the FACT Datanode – the FACT Network’s detection sharing hub created by the Ocean Tracking Network.

How Do I Get a Copy?

The VEMBU is named in honor of our friend Vembu Subramanian, a big supporter of the FACT Network who was taken from us too soon. To get a copy of the VEMBU send us an email.

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Animal Tracking Technology Manufacturers

At the FACT Network our researchers commonly use different tag types to help answer questions about animal movement – from acoustic to satellite tags. 

Innovasea

Lotek

Thelma Biotel

Wildlife Computers

Loggerhead Instruments

Star Oddi