Performance of a fine-scale acoustic positioning system for monitoring temperate fish behavior in relation to offshore marine developments
Abstract Rapid global expansion of offshore wind farms, tidal, and wave technologies signifies a new era of renewable energy development. While a promising means to combat the impacts of climate change, such developments necessitate fine-scale monitoring of biological communities to determine impact...
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| author | Oliver N. Shipley Ashley Nicoll Robert M. Cerrato Keith J. Dunton Bradley J. Peterson Matthew Sclafani Charles Bangley Matthew T. Balazik Matthew Breece Brianna V. Cahill Dewayne A. Fox Benjamin I. Gahagan Jeff Kneebone Farrah Leone Maria Manz Matthew Ogburn William C. Post Brittney Scannell Michael G. Frisk |
| author_facet | Oliver N. Shipley Ashley Nicoll Robert M. Cerrato Keith J. Dunton Bradley J. Peterson Matthew Sclafani Charles Bangley Matthew T. Balazik Matthew Breece Brianna V. Cahill Dewayne A. Fox Benjamin I. Gahagan Jeff Kneebone Farrah Leone Maria Manz Matthew Ogburn William C. Post Brittney Scannell Michael G. Frisk |
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| description | Abstract Rapid global expansion of offshore wind farms, tidal, and wave technologies signifies a new era of renewable energy development. While a promising means to combat the impacts of climate change, such developments necessitate fine-scale monitoring of biological communities to determine impacts associated with construction, operation, and eventual decommission. Here, we evaluate the performance of a gridded, Innovasea Systems, Inc. fine-scale acoustic telemetry positioning system (FSPS, n = 20 acoustic receivers) for tracking behaviors of diverse, temperate fish assemblages in relation to a subsea cable route supporting the Ørsted offshore wind development in coastal New York. We examined array performance through positioning error derived from receiver reference transmitters and tracked animals (n = 260) comprising 17 species of teleost and elasmobranch. We evaluated the effects of environmental variables (temperature, tilt, noise, and depth), transmitter power, individual movement rates, and receiver loss on horizontal positioning error (HPE) and route mean squared error (RMSE). Across a 16-month deployment period, many positions were derived for Atlantic sturgeon (n = 2,612), black sea bass (n = 9,175), clearnose skate (n = 10,306), summer flounder (n = 13,304), and little skate (n = 15,186), suggesting that these species may serve as sentinel candidates for assessing behavioral changes following construction, operation, and decommission. We found that receivers placed at the boundary of the grid exhibited higher HPE and RMSE, however these errors did not significantly change despite large receiver losses (25%). Generalized Linear Models revealed that temperature, noise, tilt, and depth were often significant predictors of HPE and RMSE, however, a substantial amount of variance was not explained by the models (~ 70%). Average movement rates ranged from 1.1 m s−1 (common thresher shark) to 0.03 m s−1 (little skate and summer flounder) but had minimal effects on positioning error. Finally, we observed that higher transmitter powers (158 dB) may lead to higher and more variable HPE values. Overall, these findings provide new insight into the drivers of FSPS array performance and illustrate their broad utility for monitoring fish behavior associated with offshore marine developments. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7a55f1c91c024e9c8d261676b85345f12024-12-08T12:22:31ZengBMCAnimal Biotelemetry2050-33852024-12-0112111410.1186/s40317-024-00386-xPerformance of a fine-scale acoustic positioning system for monitoring temperate fish behavior in relation to offshore marine developmentsOliver N. Shipley0Ashley Nicoll1Robert M. Cerrato2Keith J. Dunton3Bradley J. Peterson4Matthew Sclafani5Charles Bangley6Matthew T. Balazik7Matthew Breece8Brianna V. Cahill9Dewayne A. Fox10Benjamin I. Gahagan11Jeff Kneebone12Farrah Leone13Maria Manz14Matthew Ogburn15William C. Post16Brittney Scannell17Michael G. Frisk18School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook UniversitySchool of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook UniversitySchool of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook UniversityDepartment of Biology, Monmouth UniversitySchool of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook UniversitySchool of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook UniversityDepartment of Biology, Dalhousie UniversityRice Rivers Center, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityCollege of Earth Ocean and Environment, University of DelawareSchool of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook UniversityDepartment of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Delaware State UniversityMassachusetts Division of Marine FisheriesAnderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life, New England AquariumSchool of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook UniversitySchool of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook UniversityFisheries Conservation Lab, Smithsonian Environmental Research CenterSouth Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Marine Resources Research InstituteSchool of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook UniversitySchool of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook UniversityAbstract Rapid global expansion of offshore wind farms, tidal, and wave technologies signifies a new era of renewable energy development. While a promising means to combat the impacts of climate change, such developments necessitate fine-scale monitoring of biological communities to determine impacts associated with construction, operation, and eventual decommission. Here, we evaluate the performance of a gridded, Innovasea Systems, Inc. fine-scale acoustic telemetry positioning system (FSPS, n = 20 acoustic receivers) for tracking behaviors of diverse, temperate fish assemblages in relation to a subsea cable route supporting the Ørsted offshore wind development in coastal New York. We examined array performance through positioning error derived from receiver reference transmitters and tracked animals (n = 260) comprising 17 species of teleost and elasmobranch. We evaluated the effects of environmental variables (temperature, tilt, noise, and depth), transmitter power, individual movement rates, and receiver loss on horizontal positioning error (HPE) and route mean squared error (RMSE). Across a 16-month deployment period, many positions were derived for Atlantic sturgeon (n = 2,612), black sea bass (n = 9,175), clearnose skate (n = 10,306), summer flounder (n = 13,304), and little skate (n = 15,186), suggesting that these species may serve as sentinel candidates for assessing behavioral changes following construction, operation, and decommission. We found that receivers placed at the boundary of the grid exhibited higher HPE and RMSE, however these errors did not significantly change despite large receiver losses (25%). Generalized Linear Models revealed that temperature, noise, tilt, and depth were often significant predictors of HPE and RMSE, however, a substantial amount of variance was not explained by the models (~ 70%). Average movement rates ranged from 1.1 m s−1 (common thresher shark) to 0.03 m s−1 (little skate and summer flounder) but had minimal effects on positioning error. Finally, we observed that higher transmitter powers (158 dB) may lead to higher and more variable HPE values. Overall, these findings provide new insight into the drivers of FSPS array performance and illustrate their broad utility for monitoring fish behavior associated with offshore marine developments.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-024-00386-xPassive acoustic telemetryBiotelemetryElasmobranchTeleostRenewable energyAnimal movement |
| spellingShingle | Oliver N. Shipley Ashley Nicoll Robert M. Cerrato Keith J. Dunton Bradley J. Peterson Matthew Sclafani Charles Bangley Matthew T. Balazik Matthew Breece Brianna V. Cahill Dewayne A. Fox Benjamin I. Gahagan Jeff Kneebone Farrah Leone Maria Manz Matthew Ogburn William C. Post Brittney Scannell Michael G. Frisk Performance of a fine-scale acoustic positioning system for monitoring temperate fish behavior in relation to offshore marine developments Animal Biotelemetry Passive acoustic telemetry Biotelemetry Elasmobranch Teleost Renewable energy Animal movement |
| title | Performance of a fine-scale acoustic positioning system for monitoring temperate fish behavior in relation to offshore marine developments |
| title_full | Performance of a fine-scale acoustic positioning system for monitoring temperate fish behavior in relation to offshore marine developments |
| title_fullStr | Performance of a fine-scale acoustic positioning system for monitoring temperate fish behavior in relation to offshore marine developments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Performance of a fine-scale acoustic positioning system for monitoring temperate fish behavior in relation to offshore marine developments |
| title_short | Performance of a fine-scale acoustic positioning system for monitoring temperate fish behavior in relation to offshore marine developments |
| title_sort | performance of a fine scale acoustic positioning system for monitoring temperate fish behavior in relation to offshore marine developments |
| topic | Passive acoustic telemetry Biotelemetry Elasmobranch Teleost Renewable energy Animal movement |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-024-00386-x |
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