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The ecological importance of the accuracy of environmental temperature measurements
The implications of logger accuracy and precision are rarely considered prior to their application in many ecological studies. We assessed the accuracy and precision of three temperature data loggers widely used in ecological studies (Hobo®, iButton® and TinyTag®). Accuracy was highest in TinyTags (...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9364146/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35946234 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0263 |
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author | Staines, Melissa N. Booth, David T. Laloë, Jacques-Oliver Tibbetts, Ian R. Hays, Graeme C. |
author_facet | Staines, Melissa N. Booth, David T. Laloë, Jacques-Oliver Tibbetts, Ian R. Hays, Graeme C. |
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description | The implications of logger accuracy and precision are rarely considered prior to their application in many ecological studies. We assessed the accuracy and precision of three temperature data loggers widely used in ecological studies (Hobo®, iButton® and TinyTag®). Accuracy was highest in TinyTags (95% of readings were within 0.23°C of the true temperature) and lowest in HOBOs and iButtons (95% of were readings within 0.43°C and 0.49°C of the true temperature, respectively). The precision (standard deviation of the repeat measurements) was greatest in TinyTags (0.04°C), followed by iButtons (0.17°C) and then HOBOs (0.22°C). As a case study, we then considered how modelled estimates of sea turtle hatchling sex ratios (derived from temperature), could vary as a function of logger accuracy. For example, at 29°C when the mean sex ratio derived was 0.47 female, the sex ratio estimate from a single logger could vary between 0.40 and 0.50 for TinyTags and 0.29 and 0.56 for both HOBOs and iButtons. Our results suggest that these temperature loggers can provide reliable descriptions of sand temperature if they are not over-interpreted. Logger accuracy must be considered in future ecological studies in which temperature thresholds are important. |
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spelling | pubmed-93641462022-08-10 The ecological importance of the accuracy of environmental temperature measurements Staines, Melissa N. Booth, David T. Laloë, Jacques-Oliver Tibbetts, Ian R. Hays, Graeme C. Biol Lett Physiology The implications of logger accuracy and precision are rarely considered prior to their application in many ecological studies. We assessed the accuracy and precision of three temperature data loggers widely used in ecological studies (Hobo®, iButton® and TinyTag®). Accuracy was highest in TinyTags (95% of readings were within 0.23°C of the true temperature) and lowest in HOBOs and iButtons (95% of were readings within 0.43°C and 0.49°C of the true temperature, respectively). The precision (standard deviation of the repeat measurements) was greatest in TinyTags (0.04°C), followed by iButtons (0.17°C) and then HOBOs (0.22°C). As a case study, we then considered how modelled estimates of sea turtle hatchling sex ratios (derived from temperature), could vary as a function of logger accuracy. For example, at 29°C when the mean sex ratio derived was 0.47 female, the sex ratio estimate from a single logger could vary between 0.40 and 0.50 for TinyTags and 0.29 and 0.56 for both HOBOs and iButtons. Our results suggest that these temperature loggers can provide reliable descriptions of sand temperature if they are not over-interpreted. Logger accuracy must be considered in future ecological studies in which temperature thresholds are important. The Royal Society 2022-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9364146/ /pubmed/35946234 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0263 Text en © 2022 The Authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Physiology Staines, Melissa N. Booth, David T. Laloë, Jacques-Oliver Tibbetts, Ian R. Hays, Graeme C. The ecological importance of the accuracy of environmental temperature measurements |
title | The ecological importance of the accuracy of environmental temperature measurements |
title_full | The ecological importance of the accuracy of environmental temperature measurements |
title_fullStr | The ecological importance of the accuracy of environmental temperature measurements |
title_full_unstemmed | The ecological importance of the accuracy of environmental temperature measurements |
title_short | The ecological importance of the accuracy of environmental temperature measurements |
title_sort | ecological importance of the accuracy of environmental temperature measurements |
topic | Physiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9364146/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35946234 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0263 |
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