OTN x MigraMar Student Workshop 2022-02

This workshop will introduce learners to the concept of the MigraMar Database Node, including instructions for data submission and metadata template completion. Then, we will explore the R programming language, popular in the field of biologging.

In the R session we will explore some of the popular software packages suitable for exploring and plotting acoustic telemetry data, including dplyr and ggplot2, for the purpose of generating summaries for reports.

While there are many compliucated analyses and R packages that can be used for acoustic telemetry, this workshop will only offer a brief introduction. An “advanced” curriculm is available upon request.

If you have questions about this curriculum, please reach out to otndc@dal.ca

Schedule

	Setup	Download files required for the lesson
00:00	1. Background	What is the Ocean Tracking Network? How does your local telemetry network interact with OTN? What methods of data analysis will be covered?
00:05	2. Reporting to the Database	How do I report to the MigraMar Database? Why should I report my data? How do I receive my detection matches?
00:35	3. Intro to R	What are common operators in R? What are common data types in R? What are some base R functions? How do I deal with missing data?
01:25	4. Starting with Data Frames	How do I import tabular data? How do I explore my data set? What are some basic data manipulation functions?
02:00	5. Intro to Plotting	How do I plot my data? How can I plot summaries of my data?
02:25	6. Telemetry Reports - Imports	What datasets do I need from the Network? How do I import all the datasets?
02:35	7. Telemetry Reports for Array Operators	How do I summarize and plot my deployments? How do I summarize and plot my detections?
03:05	8. Telemetry Reports for Tag Owners	How do I summarize and plot my animal detections? How do I summarize and plot my tag metadata?
03:35	9. Other OTN Telemetry Curriculums	How can I expand my learning?
03:35	Finish

The actual schedule may vary slightly depending on the topics and exercises chosen by the instructor.