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ReviewMovement ecology2023

Ponds as experimental arenas for studying animal movement: current research and future prospects.

Christer Brönmark, Gustav Hellström, Henrik Baktoft, Lars-Anders Hansson, Erin S McCallum, P Anders Nilsson, Christian Skov, Tomas Brodin, Kaj Hulthén

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Review in Movement ecology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Christer BrönmarkDepartment of Biology-Aquatic Ecology, Lund University, Ecology building, Sölvegatan 37 223 62, Lund, Sweden. christer.bronmark@biol.lu.se.
Gustav HellströmDepartment of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå, 90183, Sweden.
Henrik BaktoftNational Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Silkeborg, Denmark.
Lars-Anders HanssonDepartment of Biology-Aquatic Ecology, Lund University, Ecology building, Sölvegatan 37 223 62, Lund, Sweden.
Erin S McCallumDepartment of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå, 90183, Sweden.
P Anders NilssonDepartment of Biology-Aquatic Ecology, Lund University, Ecology building, Sölvegatan 37 223 62, Lund, Sweden.
Christian SkovNational Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Silkeborg, Denmark.
Tomas BrodinDepartment of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå, 90183, Sweden.
Kaj HulthénDepartment of Biology-Aquatic Ecology, Lund University, Ecology building, Sölvegatan 37 223 62, Lund, Sweden. kaj.hulthen@biol.lu.se.
Lund University · SESwedish University of Agricultural Sciences · SETechnical University of Denmark · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Animal movement is a multifaceted process that occurs for multiple reasons with powerful consequences for food web and ecosystem dynamics. New paradigms and technical innovations have recently pervaded the field, providing increasingly powerful means to deliver fine-scale movement data, attracting renewed interest. Specifically in the aquatic environment, tracking with acoustic telemetry now provides integral spatiotemporal information to follow individual movements in the wild. Yet, this technology also holds great promise for experimental studies, enhancing our ability to truly establish cause-and-effect relationships. Here, we argue that ponds with well-defined borders (i.e. "islands in a sea of land") are particularly well suited for this purpose. To support our argument, we also discuss recent experiences from studies conducted in an innovative experimental infrastructure, composed of replicated ponds equipped with modern aquatic telemetry systems that allow for unparalleled insights into the movement patterns of individual animals.

Indexed as

Acoustic telemetryAnimal movementCause-and-effect relationshipsExperimental approachesHypothesis testingIndividual movementLakesMovement ecologyPondsWhole-pond telemetry studies

Identifiers

PMID37880741
PMCPMC10601242
OpenAlexW4387949375

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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