MS12 First images and sounds high-throughput datasets captured

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Abstract

Author(s): Khadija Ezzaki-Chokri, Niels Raes (Naturalis)Contributor(s): Teresa Calafat Pla (Naturalis) Status: Not approved by REA yet Summary This milestone report provides a first overview of the successful deployment of camera traps and audio moths for the BMD project. At the time of writing 12 camera traps and 3 audiomoths were shared with stakeholders and are deployed in the field. Unfortunately, the camera trap that was deployed in Poland was stolen, which was confirmed by a police report. Section 1 outlines the objective of the milestone on high-throughput datasets capture. Section 2 describes strategies that were developed to engage stakeholders with dataset capture, followed by section 3 on the ARISE DSI portal that is developed to provide non-scientific communities with high-throughput data management tools, AI species identification algorithms, and data export services. Section 4 describes the most frequently reported issues to further guide the developments and tutorials. BMD has so far organised two stakeholder workshops on deploying high-throughput biodiversity monitoring devices and the capture of dataset, and has developed three tutorials. The first on the effective deployment of camera traps, the second on the analysis of data with the ARISE DSI portal, and the third on sharing data with GBIF. To better align with the operational needs of key stakeholders the ARISE DSI portal has undergone targeted functional enhancements and is continuously further developed and improved. One key feature that was added is the export of identifications in the Camtrap Data Package format that seamlessly shares data with GBIF, which is a requirement for downstream data analysis by the BMD Biodiversity Analysis Tools (BATs). To avoid recurring issues with the deployment of devices a ‘Lessons Learned’ section addresses five topics.

Authors 2

1. Aglaia M. Bouma Aachen Naturalis Biodiversity Center

   Naturalis Biodiversity Center

   Affiliation as printed

   Naturalis Biodiversity Center

2. Niels Raes Aachen Naturalis Biodiversity Center

   Naturalis Biodiversity Center

   Affiliation as printed

   Naturalis Biodiversity Center