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| Title | Studying behavior of aquatic macroinvertebrates using video cameras |
| Group | Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 24-36 |
| Supervisor(s) | Edwin Peeters & Ivo Roessink |
| Examiner(s) | Edwin Peeters |
| Contact info | Edwin.peeters@wur.nl (0317 483899) |
| Begin date | 2020/02/01 |
| End date | 2022/02/28 |
| Description | Behavior of animals in influenced by many different factors. Besides various chemicals, all kinds of ecological factors play a role. For example, the presence of a place to shelter will influence the behavioral pattern as well as the competition between animals from different species.
Video taping and analyzing those movies offer excellent opportunities to dive deeper in the behavior of animals and are recent tools. Many different topics are available. |
| Used skills | Lab skills, analyzing videos using existing software, use of R |
| Requirements | laboratory skills, willingness to learn working with R |