IMOS Animal Tracking Facility

10/05/2023

20/07/2022

The tags were deployed in a recent expedition to the Tiwi Islands as part of a collaboration between the Department of Defence, Integrated Marine Observing System, Sydney Institute of Marine Science, the Australian Institute of Marine Science, and the Tiwi Islands Marine Rangers.

16/12/2021

Very excited to announce the release of the new ‘remora’ toolkit that will help integrate animal tracking data with marine observations collected by the Integrated Marine Observing System - IMOS.

New R package 'remora' released by the IMOS Animal Tracking Facility

The IMOS Animal Tracking Facility, based here at SIMS, has recently released their new data product remora (Rapid Extraction of Marina Observations for Roving Animals). The package is designed to work with acoustic telemetry data, coming from a large network of strategically located acoustic receivers in waters around Australia to detect and track tagged animals. It can also work with other data types that contain basic timestamps and GPS coordinates such as satellite tracking, species records or fisheries catch data.

Learn more about remora at http://engonet-sims.azurewebsites.net/news/148/new-r-package-remora

15/12/2021

New R package 'remora' released by the IMOS Animal Tracking Facility

The IMOS Animal Tracking Facility, based here at SIMS, has recently released their new data product remora (Rapid Extraction of Marina Observations for Roving Animals). The package is designed to work with acoustic telemetry data, coming from a large network of strategically located acoustic receivers in waters around Australia to detect and track tagged animals. It can also work with other data types that contain basic timestamps and GPS coordinates such as satellite tracking, species records or fisheries catch data.

Learn more about remora at http://engonet-sims.azurewebsites.net/news/148/new-r-package-remora

09/11/2021

Check out AniBOS first publication - How animal-borne sensors are a valuable component of ocean observing, providing information from physics to ecology

https://t.co/G3lX1AsLnb?amp=1

09/11/2021

An overview of observing the oceans with animals, learning about ocean physics, animal behavior and how these interact. More on our webpage: anibos.com

Check out AniBOS first publication - How animal-borne sensors are a valuable component of ocean observing, providing information from physics to ecology

https://t.co/G3lX1AsLnb?amp=1

08/07/2021

IMOS data contributes to the management of our valuable marine resources, increasing the resilience and sustainability of the Australian fisheries and aquaculture sectors into the future.

30/04/2021

A great video featuring one of the research projects supported by our acoustic receiver loan program.

Sydney Institute of Marine Science | Integrated Marine Observing System - IMOS

15/03/2021

Read about the latest study discussing how the IMOS national acoustic telemetry network can help identify and monitor the impacts of human activity on marine animals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A fantastic collaborative effort gathering a team of 22 marine ecologists, fisheries scientists and animal tracking experts as part of Australia's Integrated Marine Observing System - IMOS.

Link to paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320721000471?dgcid=author

New research shows how changes in marine activities during restrictions could affect shark and fish behaviour in Australian waters.

Find out how a team of scientists from the Integrated Marine Observing System - IMOS tracked the movements of both white shark and yellowtail kingfish to reveal how human activities can impact marine life.

Read the full story here -
http://www.sims.org.au/news/125/covid-19-restrictions-help-

11/11/2020

Potential and in situ supercooling occurs in large parts of the Southern Ocean seasonal sea‐ice zone Deep coastal supercooling from below 100 m to the ocean bottom is associated with melting ice sh...