IMOS - Animal Tracking Facility - Acoustic Receiver Locations

The Acoustic Telemetry Sub-Facility of the IMOS Animal Tracking Facility (formerly known as the Australian Animal Tracking And Monitoring System (AATAMS)) supports a large network of strategically located acoustic receivers in waters around Australia to detect and track tagged animals. The use of a network of acoustic receivers provides a powerful tool for observing animal movements in Australian coastal and continental shelf ecosystems. An array or network consists of a series of acoustic receivers that are strategically deployed on the sea floor for 1 to 10 years (depending on receiver type and battery life) with the ability to download data from the receivers as often as required. Acoustic Telemetry makes it possible for animals to be monitored over scales of hundreds of metres to thousands of kilometres, informing habitat use, home range size, effectiveness of marine protected areas, refinement of stock assessment and migratory patterns. The Animal Tracking Facility and the Australian Ocean Data Network (AODN) have worked together to create a readily accessible Database. The data search page displays all existing and historical acoustic receiver locations that have contributed to the national telemetry network maintained by the Animal Tracking Facility and collaborators. Only the most recent receiver deployment for each acoustic receiver station is displayed in this dataset collection on the AODN Portal. In this dataset collection, active deployments consist of all deployments deployed and not recovered within a 24 months timeframe. Unrecovered receiver deployments older than 24 months are considered as inactive deployments. The data page is hosted by the AODN and is updated by the Animal Tracking Facility team.

海洋综合观测系统（Integrated Marine Observing System, IMOS）动物追踪设施的声学遥测子设施（其前身为澳大利亚动物追踪与监测系统（Australian Animal Tracking And Monitoring System, AATAMS）），支撑着一套布局经过战略规划的大型声学接收器网络，覆盖澳大利亚周边海域，用于探测并追踪携带声学标记的动物。这套声学接收器网络为观测澳大利亚沿海及大陆架生态系统中的动物活动提供了强有力的研究工具。该阵列或网络由一系列经战略部署于海床的声学接收器组成，部署时长为1至10年（具体取决于接收器型号与电池续航能力），并可根据实际需求随时下载接收器内存储的数据。声学遥测技术可实现对数百米至数千公里尺度范围内的动物进行监测，相关数据可为栖息地利用研究、家域面积测算、海洋保护区效能评估、种群评估方法优化以及迁徙模式研究提供关键支撑。动物追踪设施与澳大利亚海洋数据网络（Australian Ocean Data Network, AODN）合作打造了一套易于访问的数据库。数据搜索页面展示了所有现有及历史声学接收器的部署位置，这些接收器均参与了动物追踪设施及其合作方维护的国家级遥测网络。在澳大利亚海洋数据网络门户的本数据集集中，仅展示每个声学接收器站点的最新一次部署信息。本数据集集中的有效部署指所有已部署且未在24个月内被回收的接收器部署项目；回收时间超过24个月的未回收接收器部署项目则被视为无效部署。该数据页面由澳大利亚海洋数据网络托管，并由动物追踪设施团队负责更新维护。