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	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Life sciences : Zoology
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/78989

Title :	Video tracking in the extreme: a new possibility for tracking nocturnal underwater transparent animals with fluorescent elastomer tags
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Delcourt, Johann [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement > Biologie du comportement - Ethologie et psychologie animale >]
	Ylieff, Marc [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement > Biologie du comportement - Ethologie et psychologie animale >]
	Bolliet, Valérie [Institut Scientifique de Recherche Agronomique - INRA/ UPPA > Pôle d'Hydrobiologie, St Pée sur Nivelle, France > UMR Ecologie et Biologie des Populations de Poissons (ECOBIOP) > >]
	Poncin, Pascal [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement > Biologie du comportement - Ethologie et psychologie animale >]
	Bardonnet, Agnès [Institut Scientifique de Recherche Agronomique - INRA/ UPPA > Pôle d'hydrobiologie de St Pée sur Nivelle, France > UMR Ecologie & biologie des populations de Poissons ECOBIOP > >]
Publication date :	2011
Journal title :	Behavior Research Methods
Publisher :	Psychonomic Society
Volume :	43
Pages :	590-600
Audience :	International
ISSN :	1554-351X
e-ISSN :	1554-3528
City :	Austin
Country :	TX
Keywords :	[en] multitracking ; VIE tags ; fish ; Anguilla anguilla ; glass eels ; migration ; swimming behaviour ; motion analysis
Abstract :	[en] Initially developed so that an individual could be recognised in mark-recapture studies of aquatic animals, fluorescent VIE (Visible Implant Elastomer) tags are used here for a new application in ethometry: the study of behavior of transparent animals in dim light or in darkness using automatic tracking technology. The application and validation of this multitracking method is tested in the context of research on the glass eel (Anguilla anguilla) estuarine migratory behavior, a crucial point to better understand the dynamics of this endangered species. The method makes it possible to measure the activity (notably distance and speed) of four individuals as a function of tidal and nycthemeral rhythms in the same flume (circular aquarium simulating the river or estuarine conditions) across a wide time scale (from seconds to weeks).
Research units :	INRA/UPPA UMR ECOBIOP St Pée sur Nivelle France ; Behavioural Biology Unit: Laboratory of Fish and Amphibian Ethology, ULg
Funders :	Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (Communauté française de Belgique) - F.R.S.-FNRS ; INRA ; Tournesol Hubert Curien WBI ; EGIDE ; Région Aquitaine
Target :	Researchers ; Professionals
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/78989
DOI :	10.3758/s13428-011-0060-5

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