Use of the LunAero open-source hardware platform to enhance accuracy and precision of traditional nocturnal migration bird counts.
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DOI: 10.1093/icb/icac053
Abstract: Quantification of nocturnal migration of birds through moon watching is a technique ripe for modernization with superior computational power. In this paper, data collected by a motorized telescope mount was analyzed using both video observation… read more here.
Keywords: bird; use lunaero; computer vision; migration ... See more keywords
Nocturnal migration reduces exposure to micropredation in a coral reef fish
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DOI: 10.5343/bms.2016.1021
Abstract: Tropical Atlantic reef fishes in the family Haemulidae (grunts) remain quiescent on reefs during the day and migrate to seagrass beds or sand flats at night. Hypothesized advantages of such nocturnal migrations are increased food… read more here.
Keywords: gnathiid activity; reduces exposure; night; nocturnal migration ... See more keywords