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 Masip 1, Jacopo Aguzzi 2
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.
