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Table 2 Summary information from literature review of accelerometer specifications in ecology-based aquatic acoustic telemetry studies

From: Acoustic accelerometer transmitters and their growing relevance to aquatic science

Item

Summary

No. articles using accelerometers

53

No. of unique species

Fish: 38

Elasmobranchs: 10

Sea snakes: 2

Lobster: 1

Crab: 1

Cuttlefish: 1

Conch: 1

Sampling rate

No. article reported: 33

5 Hz (19)

10 Hz (8)

20 Hz (4)

200 Hz (2)

Sampling window

No. articles reported: 30

range: 0.25–180 s

mean: 34 s

median: 25 s

Operational mode

0-Axis (1)

2-Axis (4)

3-Axis (48)

Other sensors

Pressure (39)

Temperature (2)

Attachment method

Internal (39)

External (14)

  1. Numbers in brackets represent the number of studies associated with the item row