BRAVO v.2.0
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BRAVO
Observation Stations for Underwater Monitoring

 

Here are the various nodes of the BRAVO fish and wildlife monitoring network
  BRAVO is the Biological Research And Videography Observatory

Live Real-time Streaming Underwater Cameras, Telemetry and Temperature,:

NODE 5 - Great Barrier Reef, Australia - tropical marine organisms - online 2008

BRAVO Monitoring Systems - CLICK HERE


ADD YOUR LOCATION FOR NODE CONSIDERATION - CLICK HERE

Archived Underwater Video

The Grand River, near Doon, Kitchener Ontario  Greater redhorse released into the Grand River after surgical implantaion of radio tags for a telemetry study, Kitchener Ontario  implanting a long-term radio tag into a greater redhorse for a telemetry study in the Grand River, Kitchener, Ontario  Dr. Bunt with a large greater redhorse that was part of a long term telemetry study in the Grand River, Kitchener Ontario 

This site is host for a combination of streaming and archived video, fish movement and water temperature data from various BRAVO nodes.  Node 1 is located on the Grand River near Kitchener, Ontario and streams live underwater video from cameras in the river bed along with temperature and telemetry data from radio-tagged fish.  Node 2 is located inside a Denil fishway approximately 5 km upstream from Node 1.  Node 3 (currently online), Node 4 and Node 5 are being prepared and tested for deployment in 2008 (test broadcast currently online at Node 3 and Node 4).

BRAVO node 1 camera, first prototype    BRAVO node 1 camera, first prototype 

Streamed video data are live and unedited.  Our multiplexers switch between cameras at preset rates.  We also use motion detection software to filter periods of inactivity during the day and at night.  We use motion detection filters to collect interesting data or observations related to specific research projects and many of these videos are available for viewing online (BRAVO ARCHIVE).  These videos are particularly useful for our long-term research objectives related to inter-annual variation in fish migration patterns, migration timing and habitat utilization.  The system has also been proven to be useful for monitoring benthic organisms such as mussels, crayfish, diving ducks, turtles and a wide range of fish and aquatic invertebrate species.

       Click here for an example of data available from near node 1 - spawning Catostomid (Moxostoma valenciennesi)

Click here for multi-species activity data collected and filtered with motion detection software in August 2005 in the Grand River (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)

more nodes to come as the network evolves...

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