Dataset: Antarctic krill schooling: 3D trajectories

Name: 3D trajectories of Antarctic krill in lab experiments at Palmer Station, Antarctica in November 2022.
Published: 2024-01-02
Keywords: antarctic krill, schooling, kreisel tank, stereophotogrammatry, flow characterization, southern ocean ecology, collective behavior, oceans

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Palmer Station, Antarctica

Project:

Collaborative Research: Individual Based Approaches to Understanding Krill Distributions and Aggregations (Krill Aggregation)

Principal Investigator:

David Murphy (University of South Florida, USF)

Student:

Kuvvat Garayev (University of South Florida, USF)

Contact:

Kuvvat Garayev (University of South Florida, USF)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Karen Soenen (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

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2024-01-02

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3D trajectories of Antarctic krill in lab experiments at Palmer Station, Antarctica in November 2022.

Abstract:

Laboratory experiments were conducted on schools of Antarctic krill in the novel annular flume at Palmer Station, Antarctica, in November 2022. Using overhead camera along with stereophotogrammetry system the swimming trajectories of krill were recorded while altering flow and light levels in the tank. The purpose of the study is to understand how Antarctic krill schooling structure changes under environmental cues such as flow and light, with the hope that distribution of these important species can be predicted through knowledge of the environment in the wild. Southern Ocean ecologists, biologists, and oceanographers in general could benefit from this work. Kuvvat Garayev and David Murphy from University of South Florida were responsible for the collection and interpretation of data.

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Methods & Sampling

We deployed on the R/V Laurence M. Gould to Palmer Station, Antarctica in October - December 2022. On the way, we collected krill using an Isaac-Kidd Midwater Trawl net at the following locations: 63°06.5′ S, 61°46.6′ W (on October 5th, 2022) and 64°37.9′ S, 62°14.5′ W (on October 6th, 2022). Krill were kept in two tanks with a continuous seawater supply on the boat until being transferred to holding tanks at the Station. Additional krill were collected from Wilhelmina Bay (64°42.0′ S, 62°16.6′ W) on November 12th by the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, transported to Palmer Station, and added to the same holding tanks filled with filtered seawater (100 µm).

Data Processing Description

This dataset is for plotting 3D trajectories of krill in two sample trials. “3D trajectories” contains two folders: “9 bright no flow” and “9 dark no flow”. 9 here indicates krill density (i.e., number of krill per liter of water in the tank annulus), bright indicates bright light level (i.e., irradiance of 9.5 µmol m-2 s-1 based on photon fluxes in 400-700 nm wavelength range), dark indicates dark light level (i.e., irradiance of 0.1 µmol m-2 s-1 based on photon fluxes in 400-700 nm wavelength range), no flow indicates absence of flow in the tank.

All 4 cameras were identical (5 MP AVT Mako) and time synchronized using StreamPix software and recorded to a system at 20 Hz frame rate (Norpix, Canada). Overhead camera (Camera 1) is equipped with a 8 mm focal length lens (M0824-MPW2, Computar) whereas stereo cameras (Cameras 2-4) are equipped with 25 mm focal length lenses (M3520-MPW2, Computar).

“9 bright no flow” contains images and videos taken from each of 4 cameras, namely cam1, cam2, cam4, and cam5, along with DLTdv8 project file and exported point (krill right eye) coordinates in .csv files. Each video is 200 frames long and imaged at 20 Hz rate.

“9 dark no flow” contains images and videos taken from each of 4 cameras, namely cam1, cam2, cam4, and cam5, along with DLTdv8 project file and exported point (krill right eye) coordinates in .csv files. Each video is 200 frames long and imaged at 20 Hz rate.

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Office of Polar Programs (formerly NSF PLR)	OPP-1840941

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Machine Vision Camera System

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Supplied Description:

Four 4 cameras (5 MP AVT Mako) were time synchronized using StreamPix software and recorded to a system at 20 Hz frame rate (Norpix, Canada). Overhead camera (Camera 1) is equipped with a 8 mm focal length lens (M0824-MPW2, Computar) whereas stereo cameras (Cameras 2-4) are equipped with 25 mm focal length lenses (M3520-MPW2, Computar).

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Generic Name: Machine Vision Camera System

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A machine vision camera captures images or videos of a scene, which are then processed and analyzed using machine vision algorithms.

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Dataset: Antarctic krill schooling: 3D trajectories