1/7 #SeaTurtleTalks
Automatic identification of immature green turtle behavior from accelerometer reveals key marine conservation area in the Caribbean
Accelerometer records animal movement & body posture. Signal interpretation can be difficult & limits its use on #seaturtle
2/7 We deployed multi-sensor recorders (accelerometer, gyroscope and time-depth recorder) combined with animal-borne video-recorder to validate the signal on immature green turtles in Martinique.
3/7 From labelled signals, we trained a #deeplearning algorithm, #Vnet, to automatically identify green turtle #behavior.
🚩High ability to detect behaviors with low discriminative signals such as Feeding and Scratching, and precision down to one centi-second. #rblt
4/7 Application: we deployed #accelerometer combined with gyroscope, depth recorder and GPS on 21 immature green turtles in Martinique during 3 to 5 days.
6/7 Behavioral identification coupled with GPS locations allows:
🚩better understanding of habitat use
🚩to identify critical feeding and resting areas for immature green turtles
🚩protecting these areas to limit interactions with human activities. #conservation