Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

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Environment

Long-term Video Tracking of Cohoused Aquatic Animals: A Case Study of the Daily Locomotor Activity of the Norway Lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Jose A. Garcia^*1,2, Valerio Sbragaglia^*3,4, David Masip¹, Jacopo Aguzzi²

¹Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, ²Institute of Marine Sciences, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), ³Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), ⁴Department of Biology and Ecology of Fishes, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

Here we present a protocol to individually track animals over a long period of time. It uses computer vision methods to identify a set of manually constructed tags by using a group of lobsters as case study, simultaneously providing information on how to house, manipulate, and mark the lobsters.