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Tracking the kinematics of caudal-oscillatory swimming : a comparison of two on-animal sensing methods
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dc.contributor.author | Martin Lopez, Lucia Martina | |
dc.contributor.author | Aguilar de Soto, Natacha | |
dc.contributor.author | Miller, Patrick | |
dc.contributor.author | Johnson, Mark | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-07-20T23:33:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-07-20T23:33:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-07 | |
dc.identifier | 243626469 | |
dc.identifier | ff7bb958-cdb7-4f87-8cd4-6e02b6ee7bd3 | |
dc.identifier | 84982946435 | |
dc.identifier | 000380141000008 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Martin Lopez , L M , Aguilar de Soto , N , Miller , P & Johnson , M 2016 , ' Tracking the kinematics of caudal-oscillatory swimming : a comparison of two on-animal sensing methods ' , Journal of Experimental Biology , vol. 219 , no. 14 , pp. 2103-2109 . https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.136242 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-0949 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0003-2984-8606/work/49891150 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/11257 | |
dc.description | Funding: Marie Sklodowska Curie Career Integration Grant and by The Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS). | en |
dc.description.abstract | Studies of locomotion kinematics require high-resolution information about body movements and the specific acceleration (SA) that these generate. On-animal accelerometers measure both orientation and SA but an additional orientation sensor is needed to accurately separate these. Although gyroscopes can perform this function, their power consumption, drift and complex data processing make them unattractive for biologging. Lower power magnetometers can also be used with some limitations. Here, we present an integrated and simplified method for estimating body rotations and SA applicable to both gyroscopes and magnetometers, enabling a direct comparison of these two sensors. We use a tag with both sensors to demonstrate how caudal-oscillation rate and SA are adjusted by a diving whale in response to rapidly changing buoyancy forces as the lungs compress while descending. Both sensors gave similar estimates of the dynamic forces demonstrating that magnetometers may offer a simpler low-power alternative for miniature tags in some applications. | |
dc.format.extent | 639847 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Experimental Biology | en |
dc.subject | Gyroscope | en |
dc.subject | Accelerometer | en |
dc.subject | Magnetometer | en |
dc.subject | Specific acceleration | en |
dc.subject | Body rotation | en |
dc.subject | Swimming kinematics | en |
dc.subject | QA Mathematics | en |
dc.subject | QH301 Biology | en |
dc.subject | DAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QA | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QH301 | en |
dc.title | Tracking the kinematics of caudal-oscillatory swimming : a comparison of two on-animal sensing methods | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | European Commission | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Biology | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Sound Tags Group | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Bioacoustics group | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolution | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.136242 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2017-07-20 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | PCIG10-GA-2011-304132 | en |
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