Wearable sensors for monitoring marine environments and their inhabitants

Kaidarova A. Geraldi N.R. Wilson R.P. Kosel J. Meekan M.G. Eguíluz V.M. Hussain M.M. Shamim A. Liao H. Srivastava M. Saha S.S. Strano M.S. Zhang X. Ooi B.S. Holton M. Hopkins L.W. Jin X. Gong X. Quintana F. Tovasarov A. Tasmagambetova A. Duarte C.M.
September 2023 Nature Research

Nature Biotechnology
2023 #41 Issue 9 1208 - 1220 pp.

Human societies depend on marine ecosystems, but their degradation continues. Toward mitigating this decline, new and more effective ways to precisely measure the status and condition of marine environments are needed alongside existing rebuilding strategies. Here, we provide an overview of how sensors and wearable technology developed for humans could be adapted to improve marine monitoring. We describe barriers that have slowed the transition of this technology from land to sea, update on the developments in sensors to advance ocean observation and advocate for more widespread use of wearables on marine organisms in the wild and in aquaculture. We propose that large-scale use of wearables could facilitate the concept of an ‘internet of marine life’ that might contribute to a more robust and effective observation system for the oceans and commercial aquaculture operations. These observations may aid in rationalizing strategies toward conservation and restoration of marine communities and habitats.

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Red Sea Research Center and Computational Biosciences Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Central Asian Institute of Ecological Research, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Sensors Systems Division, Silicon Austria Labs, High Tech Campus, Villach, Austria
Australian Institute of Marine Science, the Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, University of Western Australia, Oceans Institute, Crawley, WA, Australia
Instituto de Física Interdisciplinary Sistemas Complejos IFISC (CSIC-UIB), Palma de Mallorca, Spain
EECS, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Department of Chemical Engineering and Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos (IBIOMAR), CONICET, Puerto Madryn, Argentina
NatureMetrics, Guildford, United Kingdom

Red Sea Research Center and Computational Biosciences Research Center
Central Asian Institute of Ecological Research
Biosciences
Computer
Sensors Systems Division
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Instituto de Física Interdisciplinary Sistemas Complejos IFISC (CSIC-UIB)
EECS
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Department of Chemical Engineering and Division of Comparative Medicine
Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos (IBIOMAR)
NatureMetrics

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