- Joined
- Dec 31, 2003
- Messages
- 527
Hi Tonmo, I'd like to announce a new database of Wunderpus photogenicus pictures: Wunderpix:
Wunderpix
What is the point of this database? In a new paper out (authors include Tonmo members Thales, Neogonodactylus, D. Gentry, and myself) in the open access journal PLoSOne (free to download- i'll post the paper here tomorrow) we show that Wunderpus have individually unique spot patterns. This means we can monitor Wunderpus in the wild using photographs, the same way people do for whales, etc. We hope that people will upload their pics of Wunderpus and related data (site, time, depth) into this database so we can start to estimate their home ranges, population density, and movement patterns. Please check it out!
Individually Unique Body Color Patterns in Octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) Allow for Photoidentification
Wunderpix
What is the point of this database? In a new paper out (authors include Tonmo members Thales, Neogonodactylus, D. Gentry, and myself) in the open access journal PLoSOne (free to download- i'll post the paper here tomorrow) we show that Wunderpus have individually unique spot patterns. This means we can monitor Wunderpus in the wild using photographs, the same way people do for whales, etc. We hope that people will upload their pics of Wunderpus and related data (site, time, depth) into this database so we can start to estimate their home ranges, population density, and movement patterns. Please check it out!
Individually Unique Body Color Patterns in Octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) Allow for Photoidentification