Development and application of the FISHTRAC real-time remote monitoring tool for digital twinning of river basins in southern Africa
The natural world consists of various complex physical, biological and social systems that are connected and interact with each other. New technological developments are improving the ability of the managers of natural resources, to understand and contribute to the way we are developing using and so...
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International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Digital Innovation
2024
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| author | Kaiser-Reichel, A. Burnett, M. Dickens, Christopher McNiel, T. Retief, H. Süßle, V. Garcia Andarcia, Mariangel O’Brien, G. C. |
| author_browse | Burnett, M. Dickens, Christopher Garcia Andarcia, Mariangel Kaiser-Reichel, A. McNiel, T. O’Brien, G. C. Retief, H. Süßle, V. |
| author_facet | Kaiser-Reichel, A. Burnett, M. Dickens, Christopher McNiel, T. Retief, H. Süßle, V. Garcia Andarcia, Mariangel O’Brien, G. C. |
| author_sort | Kaiser-Reichel, A. |
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| description | The natural world consists of various complex physical, biological and social systems that are connected and interact with each other. New technological developments are improving the ability of the managers of natural resources, to understand and contribute to the way we are developing using and sometime abusing our resources. Through the Digital Twin for management of water resources in the Limpopo River Basin we have an opportunity to integrate available sustainable environmental flows and water resource management technology into an integrated system, that will allow stakeholders of the Limpopo River and surrounding regions to understand, monitor and manage these resources for current and future generations.
Fish are good ecological indicators and have been used for over 100 years by scientists to understand how ecosystems respond to changes in environmental conditions. The development of and use of water resources for agriculture, mining and industry and urban and peri-urban communities has affected the quality, flows and habitat of rivers. Scientists routinely use established biological methods or tools to evaluate the ecological consequences of changes, but these methods are usually reactive and used after impacts occur.
The FISTRAC tool has been developed through the Limpopo River Digital Twin approach to allow stakeholders to use established fish behavioural monitoring methods in real-time to evaluate changes in river condition. The approach includes the integration of radio telemetry tagging and tracking methods with real-time monitoring approaches into an online web-based system. The FISHTRAC tool monitors the behaviour of tagged fish and water quality and flow variables in the real world. This is represented in real time on the Digital Twin systems. If pre-determined abnormalities in fish behaviour is observed and is correlated to changes in river flow or water quality the FISHTRAC Tool automatically evaluates the severity of the behavioural change and as such the environmental variable change, summarizes the information and alerts users to the information in real time.
This tool developed for the Digital Twin has been tested in the Sabie and Crocodile Rivers in southern Africa and shows how new technology can be used to not only monitor ecosystems, but we can consider the biota of these ecosystem and use them to determine the consequence of how we use ecosystems in real to near-real time. The FISHTRAC tool has the potential to make a considerable contribution to the sustainable water resources in southern Africa through the Digital Twin system. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1730932025-12-08T09:54:28Z Development and application of the FISHTRAC real-time remote monitoring tool for digital twinning of river basins in southern Africa Kaiser-Reichel, A. Burnett, M. Dickens, Christopher McNiel, T. Retief, H. Süßle, V. Garcia Andarcia, Mariangel O’Brien, G. C. fish tracking monitoring river basins water quality stream flow The natural world consists of various complex physical, biological and social systems that are connected and interact with each other. New technological developments are improving the ability of the managers of natural resources, to understand and contribute to the way we are developing using and sometime abusing our resources. Through the Digital Twin for management of water resources in the Limpopo River Basin we have an opportunity to integrate available sustainable environmental flows and water resource management technology into an integrated system, that will allow stakeholders of the Limpopo River and surrounding regions to understand, monitor and manage these resources for current and future generations. Fish are good ecological indicators and have been used for over 100 years by scientists to understand how ecosystems respond to changes in environmental conditions. The development of and use of water resources for agriculture, mining and industry and urban and peri-urban communities has affected the quality, flows and habitat of rivers. Scientists routinely use established biological methods or tools to evaluate the ecological consequences of changes, but these methods are usually reactive and used after impacts occur. The FISTRAC tool has been developed through the Limpopo River Digital Twin approach to allow stakeholders to use established fish behavioural monitoring methods in real-time to evaluate changes in river condition. The approach includes the integration of radio telemetry tagging and tracking methods with real-time monitoring approaches into an online web-based system. The FISHTRAC tool monitors the behaviour of tagged fish and water quality and flow variables in the real world. This is represented in real time on the Digital Twin systems. If pre-determined abnormalities in fish behaviour is observed and is correlated to changes in river flow or water quality the FISHTRAC Tool automatically evaluates the severity of the behavioural change and as such the environmental variable change, summarizes the information and alerts users to the information in real time. This tool developed for the Digital Twin has been tested in the Sabie and Crocodile Rivers in southern Africa and shows how new technology can be used to not only monitor ecosystems, but we can consider the biota of these ecosystem and use them to determine the consequence of how we use ecosystems in real to near-real time. The FISHTRAC tool has the potential to make a considerable contribution to the sustainable water resources in southern Africa through the Digital Twin system. 2024-12-30 2025-02-17T07:46:12Z 2025-02-17T07:46:12Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173093 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Digital Innovation Kaiser-Reichel, A.; Burnett, M.; Dickens, C.; McNiel, T.; Retief, H.; Süßle, V.; Garcia Andarcia, M.; O’Brien, G. C. 2024. Development and application of the FISHTRAC real-time remote monitoring tool for digital twinning of river basins in southern Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Initiative on Digital Innovation. 37p. |
| spellingShingle | fish tracking monitoring river basins water quality stream flow Kaiser-Reichel, A. Burnett, M. Dickens, Christopher McNiel, T. Retief, H. Süßle, V. Garcia Andarcia, Mariangel O’Brien, G. C. Development and application of the FISHTRAC real-time remote monitoring tool for digital twinning of river basins in southern Africa |
| title | Development and application of the FISHTRAC real-time remote monitoring tool for digital twinning of river basins in southern Africa |
| title_full | Development and application of the FISHTRAC real-time remote monitoring tool for digital twinning of river basins in southern Africa |
| title_fullStr | Development and application of the FISHTRAC real-time remote monitoring tool for digital twinning of river basins in southern Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development and application of the FISHTRAC real-time remote monitoring tool for digital twinning of river basins in southern Africa |
| title_short | Development and application of the FISHTRAC real-time remote monitoring tool for digital twinning of river basins in southern Africa |
| title_sort | development and application of the fishtrac real time remote monitoring tool for digital twinning of river basins in southern africa |
| topic | fish tracking monitoring river basins water quality stream flow |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/173093 |
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