“How’s Shelby the Turtle today?” Strengths and Weaknesses of Interactive Animal-Tracking Maps for Environmental Communication

Ziegler, Matt; Quinlan, Michael; Strassberg-Phillips, Zage; Shah, Mansi; Vreeken, Lauren; Jones, Chris; Goodfellow, Karen; Lefcout, Jes; Anderson, Richard; Heimerl, Kurtis

doi:10.1145/3460112.3471967

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“…In many cases, GPS tracking can also provide information on causes of mortality, mortality rates and habitat preferences which are critical to understand when implementing conservation measures [ 38 , 63 ]. In maximizing the potential benefit of data, GPS data can also provide public outreach opportunities, whereby they can provide innovative tools for science engagement and communication [ 64 , 65 ].…”

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Using GPS tracking to monitor the breeding performance of a low-density raptor improves accuracy, and reduces long-term financial and carbon costs

Murgatroyd,

Tate,

Amar

2023

R. Soc. open sci.

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Traditionally, demographic monitoring of birds has been undertaken by intensive monitoring of nesting sites. However, this is challenging for low-density species, whereby the effort and costs involved in locating and monitoring remote sites can be prohibitive or even bias research findings. We show that Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking can overcome these challenges for a low-density raptor. Field monitoring of martial eagles Polemaetus bellicosus from 2013 to 2021 showed consistently poor breeding performance, with a mean productivity of 0.22 (±0.04) fledged young/pair/year. Using GPS tracking data to infer breeding performance gave a significantly higher productivity of 0.46 (±0.10) fledged young/pair/year. Breeding rate and success were also underestimated by field monitoring. These differences were likely due to logistical constraints of field monitoring, particularly relating to finding alternative nests. Comparing costs between approaches, we estimated that GPS monitoring was financially cheaper than field monitoring per sample after 10 years. Carbon costs per sample were lower for GPS-based approaches than field monitoring from the second year, and over a 10-year period GPS monitoring produced considerable savings (200% less carbon). We recommend that despite high initial costs, for long-term demographic monitoring of low-density species, or where logistical constraints make traditional field monitoring inaccurate, remote monitoring options should be considered.

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Using GPS tracking to monitor the breeding performance of a low-density raptor improves accuracy, and reduces long-term financial and carbon costs

Murgatroyd,

Tate,

Amar

2023

R. Soc. open sci.

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“…In other network design contexts, researchers have folded social science insights and methods into design processes to explore humancentered issues in network infrastructure [13-16, 26, 27, 30, 32, 35, 49, 50, 56], for example using participant observation within a network architecture design team to uncover embedded values [55]. Social science insights have also informed network technology design supporting community healthcare [18] [4, 17, 59], agricultural data integration [53], optimised environmental sensing [62], and the movement of money and goods [36]. Some studies have served as precursors to design, such as investigations of network traffic characteristics or repair in remote rural communities that reveal their particular needs [38,39,60].…”

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Situating Network Infrastructure with People, Practices, and Beyond: A Community Building Workshop

Jang

Bidwell

Bagalkot

et al. 2022

Companion Publication of the 2022 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing

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Our world is now connected and even entangled in unprecedented ways through networked technologies. Yet pockets of unequal connectivity persist, and technical infrastructures for connectivity remain difficult to design and build even for experts. In this workshop we aim to bring together a global community of multi-and inter-disciplinary researchers and implementers working on infrastructure development and connectivity to explore the existing design challenges and opportunities for bringing technical dimensions of networked infrastructures in conversation with human-computer interaction (HCI) and the social science of infrastructure. We will share, assess and define research problems and resources for rethinking networked infrastructures from human-, community-, and society-centered perspectives, understanding them to be embedded with human values and biases. We particularly intend our collaborative work to support real-world connectivity initiatives, which have grown in critical importance over the pandemic years-especially projects in support of Global South communities. Concrete deliverables from the workshop will include: (1) an initial shared bibliography to help formalize the state of knowledge in our area, (2) an agenda of shared goals, challenges, and intentions in our field, (3) a compilation of resources to support future work, and (4) social and organizing infrastructures for continued communication and academic collaboration.

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“…For example, Carcharodon carcharias (GWS, great white shark)-tagging activities have received extensive media attention, especially on "Shark week". The primary goal for tagging GWS is to obtain shark migration data [10]. Migration data add essential information to the knowledge of GWS ecology.…”

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An Examination of the Effects of Dorsal Fin-Mounted SPOT on Carcharodon carcharias, the Great White Shark

Hicks,

Lobel

2024

Fishes

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This opinion piece presents empirical evidence to examine possible negative consequences of the use of penetrative tagging as used on the great white shark (GWS). Tagging programs currently using this method attach SPOT (Spatial Positioning Only Tags) using corrodible bolts inserted through the dorsal fin while the shark is taken out of water. Such methods can cause harm to the tagged individual. Possible adverse effects include impacts on growth, tag biofouling, wounds, heightened stress, and hemorrhaging. This method may adversely impact dorsal fin structure and the shark’s hydrodynamics. As a result, data collected may not be reflective of natural behavior. Bolted SPOT are semi-permanently affixed to the shark but can have a battery life of approximately 3.5 years. Most of these tags (69%) ceased transmitting in less than 2 years. Alternative tagging technologies exist as more humane options.

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“How’s Shelby the Turtle today?” Strengths and Weaknesses of Interactive Animal-Tracking Maps for Environmental Communication

Cited by 4 publications

References 33 publications

Using GPS tracking to monitor the breeding performance of a low-density raptor improves accuracy, and reduces long-term financial and carbon costs

Using GPS tracking to monitor the breeding performance of a low-density raptor improves accuracy, and reduces long-term financial and carbon costs

Situating Network Infrastructure with People, Practices, and Beyond: A Community Building Workshop

An Examination of the Effects of Dorsal Fin-Mounted SPOT on Carcharodon carcharias, the Great White Shark

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