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We present a novel RFID tracking system to study the burrowing behaviour of a valuable fishery resource, the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus L.). The system consists of a network of six controllers, each handling a group of seven antennas. That network was placed below a microcosm tank that recreated important features typical of Nephrops\u2019 grounds, such as the presence of multiple burrows. The animals carried a passive transponder attached to their telson, operating at 13.56 MHz. The tracking system was implemented to concurrently report the behaviour of up to three individuals, in terms of their travelled distances in a specified unit of time and their preferential positioning within the antenna network. To do so, the controllers worked in parallel to send the antenna data to a computer via a USB connection. The tracking accuracy of the system was evaluated by concurrently recording the animals\u2019 behaviour with automated video imaging. During the two experiments, each lasting approximately one week, two different groups of three animals each showed a variable burrow occupancy and a nocturnal displacement under a standard photoperiod regime (12 h light:12 h dark), measured using the RFID method. Similar results were obtained with the video imaging. Our implemented RFID system was therefore capable of efficiently tracking the tested organisms and has a good potential for use on a wide variety of other marine organisms of commercial, aquaculture, and ecological interest.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s111009532","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,10,11]],"date-time":"2011-10-11T12:52:32Z","timestamp":1318337552000},"page":"9532-9548","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":37,"title":["A New Laboratory Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) System for Behavioural Tracking of Marine Organisms"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Jacopo","family":"Aguzzi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM) del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient\u00edficas (CSIC), Paseo Maritimo de la Barceloneta, 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain"}]},{"given":"Valerio","family":"Sbragaglia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM) del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient\u00edficas (CSIC), Paseo Maritimo de la Barceloneta, 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain"}]},{"given":"David","family":"Sarri\u00e1","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Desarollo Tecnol\u00f3gico de Sistemas de Adquisici\u00f3n remota y Tratamiento de la Informaci\u00f3n (SARTI) de la Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Catalunya (UPC), Rambla de la Exposici\u00f3n 24, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltr\u00fa-Barcelona, Spain"}]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9 Antonio","family":"Garc\u00eda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM) del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient\u00edficas (CSIC), Paseo Maritimo de la Barceloneta, 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain"}]},{"given":"Corrado","family":"Costa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"AgritechLab-Agricultural Engineering Research Unit (ING) of the Agriculture Research Council (CRA), Via della Pascolare, 16, 00015 Monterotondo Scalo-Rome, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6191-2201","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Joaqu\u00edn del","family":"R\u00edo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Desarollo Tecnol\u00f3gico de Sistemas de Adquisici\u00f3n remota y Tratamiento de la Informaci\u00f3n (SARTI) de la Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Catalunya (UPC), Rambla de la Exposici\u00f3n 24, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltr\u00fa-Barcelona, Spain"}]},{"given":"Antoni","family":"M\u00e0nuel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Desarollo Tecnol\u00f3gico de Sistemas de Adquisici\u00f3n remota y Tratamiento de la Informaci\u00f3n (SARTI) de la Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Catalunya (UPC), Rambla de la Exposici\u00f3n 24, 08800 Vilanova i la Geltr\u00fa-Barcelona, Spain"}]},{"given":"Paolo","family":"Menesatti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"AgritechLab-Agricultural Engineering Research Unit (ING) of the Agriculture Research Council (CRA), Via della Pascolare, 16, 00015 Monterotondo Scalo-Rome, Italy"}]},{"given":"Francesc","family":"Sard\u00e0","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM) del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient\u00edficas (CSIC), Paseo Maritimo de la Barceloneta, 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2011,10,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"18","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cose.2005.12.003","article-title":"Radio frequency identification (RFID)","volume":"25","author":"Roberts","year":"2006","journal-title":"Comput. 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