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Help us measure the length of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins to investigate growth and body condition.
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About Laser Photogrammetry
Measuring growth is difficult in wild cetaceans but is an important index of health and fitness. To solve this problem we integrated a novel technique using lasers with >25 years of demographic data from photo-ID research. This allowed us to investigate growth and survival in the protected bottlenose dolphin population on the east coast of Scotland.
We currently have thousands of laser photogrammetry photographs in need of analysis and need your help!
All you need to do is click on specific points on each dolphin photograph, and by using the coordinates from your clicks we can measure and work out the entire body length of each dolphin.
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For more information on this research, have a look at our Animal Conservation paper (https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12384)