A low-cost, open-source framework for tracking animals in aquatic ecosystems


Fritz Francisco
@fritzafrancisco

Humbold University Berlin | Science of Intelligence | Bierbach & Romanczuk Lab
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Dan Bath | Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
Alex Jordan

The System

African cichlid Lamprologus callipterus:

  • Fission-fusion groups

  • Frequent disturbance events

  • Complex social and physical environment

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  • 12 GoPro Cameras
  • 4m Metal bars
  • ~ 50 Zip-Ties
  • 2 Plastic bottles
Jakob Gübel
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    P. Nührenberg
  • alex

    A. Jordan

Acknowledgments

Paul Nührenberg
Etienne Lein
Alex Jordan
Iain Couzin

Department of Collective Behavior
University of Konstanz