Standardizing biologging data for LifeWatch Camera traps, acoustic telemetry and GPS tracking Biodiversity Next, Leiden Peter Desmet

Hi! •  Open data publication •  Research software development •  oscibio.inbo.be Peter Desmet, Stijn Van Hoey, Lien Reyserhove, Dimitri Brosens, Damiano Oldoni, Tanja Milotic (2019) doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.37413

LifeWatch Flanders •  Part of: European LifeWatch infrastructure (ESFRI) •  Coordinated by: INBO & VLIZ •  Funded by: Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) •  Terrestrial, freshwater, and marine observatory lifewatch.be

Bird tracking •  Operational: since 2013 •  Species: 4 –  Herring gull (55) –  Lesser black-backed gull (150) –  Marsh harrier (10) –  Oystercatcher (13) •  Detections: 18 million+ lifewatch.be/en/gps-tracking-network-large-birds

Bird tracking •  Tags: UvA-BiTS.nl –  GPS, temperature, acceleration •  Read-out: wireless and automatic, via antenna near colony •  Data management: UvA-BiTS database, hosted by University of Amsterdam

Bird tracking •  Open data publication: –  Initially: GBIF IPT –  Now: Movebank –  Hopefully: Movebank -> GBIF •  Data standardization: –  SQL views to Movebank format for reference, gps and acceleration data github.com/inbo/bird-tracking

Fish tracking •  Operational: since 2014 •  Species: 16 –  European eel (401) –  Atlantic cod (151) –  Atlantic salmon (95) –  Other species (144) •  Detections: 17 million+ lifewatch.be/en/fish-acoustic-receiver-network

Fish tracking •  Receivers: VEMCO –  160 permanent (PBARN) –  Temporary networks for studies •  Read-out: manual •  Data management: European Tracking Network (ETN) database hosted by VLIZ Reubens et al. doi.org/10.1186/s40317-019-0164-8

Fish tracking •  Open data publication: –  GBIF IPT (data paper in preparation) •  Data standardization: –  SQL views to Darwin Core sampling-event format (OBIS ENV) github.com/inbo/etn-occurrences

Camera traps •  Operational: since 2017 •  Target species: –  Wild boar –  Many bycatch species •  Detections: 37.5k triggered bursts lifewatch.be/en/camera-trap-research- infrastructure-catrein

Camera traps •  Camera traps: Reconyx –  45 in national park –  15 elsewhere •  Read-out: manual •  Data management: Agouti, hosted by University of Wageningen www.agouti.eu

Camera traps •  Open data publication: 2020 –  Zenodo: for CTMS and images –  GBIF IPT: for DwC occurrences, linking to images on Zenodo •  Data standardization: –  SQL views to Camera trap metadata standard (CTMS) –  EU ALTER-Net collaboration Forrester et al. doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e10197

Thank you! oscibio.inbo.be @oscibio Peter Desmet et al. (2019) Standardizing biologging data for LifeWatch: Camera traps, acoustic telemetry and GPS tracking. Presentation. http://bit.ly/lifewatch-biologging