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| Dato | Valore |
|---|---|
| Title | Exploring the potential use of hydro-drones for freshwater mussels' survey |
| Abstract | Long-term monitoring of freshwater taxa is usually hampered by expensive and time-consuming visual surveys. This is the case of freshwater mussels that are rapidly declining due to ecosystem alterations worldwide. Important basic information on them (distribution, habitat preferences, eco-physiological constraints) are scarce. Unfortunately, the possibility to acquire this basic information is impeded by inadequate funding. Exacerbating this problem is the difficulty to track and observe freshwater mussels, because they are often rare and clustered. In addition, mussel surveys are often hampered by restrictive environmental conditions. Although the choice of an appropriate sampling design can improve the likelihood that a survey meets its goals, there is no sampling design that can correct an access problem. To escape this bottle-neck we started exploring the potential use of hydro-drones, developed for this purpose by a recently created start-up company. Hydro-drones are regarded as beneficial tools for obtaining data that cannot be accessed otherwise. However, to date their use for research, monitoring and protection of species surprisingly still not consider them. A pilot project, assessing the efficiency of hydro-drones and their application limits under gradients of environmental constraints, was developed to survey mussels in the recently recolonized Lake Orta |
| Source | SESF X European Symposium for Freshwater Sciences, Olomouc (Repubblica Ceca), 2-7 luglio 2017 |
| Keywords | Monitoring; Freshwaters; Mussels; Drones |
| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Poster |
| Authors | Boggero A., Lopes-Lima M., Morea D., Carpanzano G., Riccardi N. |
| Text | 385364 2017 Monitoring; Freshwaters; Mussels; Drones Exploring the potential use of hydro drones for freshwater mussels survey Boggero A., Lopes Lima M., Morea D., Carpanzano G., Riccardi N. CNR ISE; IIMAR/CIMAR Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, CIBIO/InBIO Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Portugal; Professionedroni Srls, Novara Italy Long term monitoring of freshwater taxa is usually hampered by expensive and time consuming visual surveys. This is the case of freshwater mussels that are rapidly declining due to ecosystem alterations worldwide. Important basic information on them distribution, habitat preferences, eco physiological constraints are scarce. Unfortunately, the possibility to acquire this basic information is impeded by inadequate funding. Exacerbating this problem is the difficulty to track and observe freshwater mussels, because they are often rare and clustered. In addition, mussel surveys are often hampered by restrictive environmental conditions. Although the choice of an appropriate sampling design can improve the likelihood that a survey meets its goals, there is no sampling design that can correct an access problem. To escape this bottle neck we started exploring the potential use of hydro drones, developed for this purpose by a recently created start up company. Hydro drones are regarded as beneficial tools for obtaining data that cannot be accessed otherwise. However, to date their use for research, monitoring and protection of species surprisingly still not consider them. A pilot project, assessing the efficiency of hydro drones and their application limits under gradients of environmental constraints, was developed to survey mussels in the recently recolonized Lake Orta Published version SESF X European Symposium for Freshwater Sciences Olomouc Repubblica Ceca 2 7 luglio 2017 Internazionale Contributo Poster 2017_Poster_SESF.pdf Poster angela.boggero BOGGERO ANGELA nicolettarita.riccardi RICCARDI NICOLETTA RITA |