About the Project

Over half of the NERRs have Motus wildlife tracking stations, which provide new information on the presence and movements of animals. With the number of Motus stations increasing across the NERRS, this project seized an opportunity to develop a collaborative community and expand MOTUS data infrastructure across the NERRS. This catalyst project developed a website to display Motus data across the NERRS, fostered new educational experiences, constructed Motus stations at four sites that previously did not have towers, and promoted communication and collaboration among NERRS staff.

About this Resource

This report provides examples of how to summarize and display data from Motus stations in the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. The examples are based in the programming language R and can be adapted to summarize and display data from any Motus station.

The report demonstrates how to prepare the necessary R packages, download Motus data, analyze and plot Motus data, and analyze Motus data in relation to the NERRS’ System Wide Monitoring Program (SWMP).