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ArticleMethods and protocols2025

A Simplified Method for Extracting the Movement Trajectories of Small Aquatic Animals.

Xin Liu, Huanan Gao, Aimin Hao, Yasushi Iseri

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Article in Methods and protocols, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Xin LiuGuangxi Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biotechnology and Modern Ecological Aquaculture, Guangxi Academy of Marine Sciences, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning 530007, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6660-4486
Huanan GaoEnvironmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (SMARC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Aimin HaoCollege of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
Yasushi IseriCollege of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4262-376X

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2023M741994Institute for Eco-environmental Research of Sanyang Wetland, Wenzhou University SY2022ZD-1001-10Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 20K15586Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 2025GXNSFAA069312
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the motion behaviors of animals is crucial for unraveling the mechanisms underlying ethology across various domains, such as movement patterns, food detection, and defense strategies. In this study, we devised a simplified method enabling the movement of small animals to be tracked conveniently using high-resolution smartphone videos and freely available tracking software. Employing a laboratory video setup, we traced the swimming trajectory of the small copepod zooplankton

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freshwater copepodmovement trackingswimming behaviortwo-dimensional observation systemzooplankton

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PMID40863731
PMCPMC12388259

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