3D tracking of marine megafauna to advance movement ecology
Ben D’Antonio · Graeme C. Hays · Hannah Calich · Daniel P. Costa · Arina Favilla · Luca Giuggioli · Robert Harcourt · Karen Evans · Mark Meekan · Sarah Marley · Nuno Queiroz · David W. Sims · Anthony J. Richardson · Jorge Rodríguez · Michelle VanCompernolle · Ana M.M. Sequeira
期刊Trends in Ecology & Evolution
类型Review
发表2026-09
收录2026-10-13
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关键词marine megafaunamovement ecologyvertical motionpelagic environmentconservationtechnology adoption barriers
现代动物追踪设备能够可靠地记录水平和垂直方向的运动,使运动生态学能够向真正的三维(3D)分析过渡。真正的 3D 追踪,即水平和垂直位置随时间同步记录,对于横跨沿海、远洋和空中环境的大型海洋动物而言尤为重要,因此它们是展示 3D 数据如何推进运动生态学发展的理想对象。通过综合分析早期针对这些类群的 3D 追踪研究,我们发现这些研究提供了二维数据无法获得的生态学视角,指出了限制其更广泛应用的关键障碍,并重点介绍了新兴的解决方案。更广泛地应用真正的 3D 追踪对于填补大型海洋动物生态学中尚存的知识空白,以及完善保护框架以保护这些物种所栖息的三维环境至关重要。
Modern animal tracking devices reliably record movement in horizontal and vertical dimensions, positioning movement ecology to transition towards true three-dimensional (3D) analyses. True 3D tracking, in which horizontal and vertical positions are paired through time, is particularly valuable for marine megafauna, which traverse coastal, pelagic, and aerial environments, making them ideal for illustrating how 3D data can advance movement ecology. By synthesising early approaches to 3D tracking in these taxa, we show that these studies provide ecological perspectives unobtainable from two-dimensional data, identify key barriers limiting wider adoption, and highlight emerging solutions. Broader adoption of true 3D tracking is critical for addressing remaining knowledge gaps in marine megafauna ecology and for improving conservation frameworks to protect the 3D environments these species occupy.

@article{dantonio2026,
author = {Ben D’Antonio and Graeme C. Hays and Hannah Calich and Daniel P. Costa and Arina Favilla and Luca Giuggioli and Robert Harcourt and Karen Evans and Mark Meekan and Sarah Marley and Nuno Queiroz and David W. Sims and Anthony J. Richardson and Jorge Rodríguez and Michelle VanCompernolle and Ana M.M. Sequeira},
title = {3D tracking of marine megafauna to advance movement ecology},
journal = {Trends in Ecology \& Evolution},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.1016/j.tree.2026.08.003},
publisher = {Elsevier BV},
}· END ·