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Helpful Resources for Getting Started with BioBase’s EcoSound

BioBase is a powerful data collection and mapping tool for aquatic environments. To get the best results with BioBase – EcoSound, it is important to use proper hardware installation and data collection procedures. This post contains links to the resources that will help you get started with BioBase and get great data.

First, BioBase is only compatible with Lowrance and Simrad Sounders/Chartplotters. This blog offers helpful advice for which sonar to choose

Our quality control team reviews every uploaded trip and looks for glaring issues with the trip like evidence of a slanted transducer, signal loss, or poor signal quality. Its critically important that you have your transducer installed correctly. We recommend you take it to marina to have it professionally installed.

Our Quality Control Team may email you if they notice any significant issues with your trip, and suggest ways to fix the issue or ways to improve data quality before logging again. Waterbody boundary adjustment is part of the BioBase service but there will be a delay between when your trip is automatically processed and when Quality Control staff are able to adjust the boundary of your waterbody. Please allow one business day for quality control before finalizing or sharing your maps, or check the quality control review status by viewing a trip’s report.

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If there is a quality control reviewer’s name on the report with comments, the trip has been reviewed. You can also see any comments that were not emailed to you on the report.

It is also important to keep your Lowrance software updated. Software updates can be found here. Outdated software can result in inaccurate or lost data!

Our YouTube channel has many helpful videos, including data editing tutorials.

This post gives an overview on how EcoSound works along with some answers to frequently asked questions that many new users have.

The EcoSound Quick Start Guide shows recommended settings to use while logging sonar. Print this guide and keep it on your survey boat.

The EcoSound Support and Resources page has links to the EcoSound Full Operator’s Guide as well as several tutorials, including guides for using EcoSound data in QGIS.

If you ever need any assistance, contact the BioBase support team at info.biobase@navico.com

NCSU Launches Aquatic Resources Mapping Forum!

“I want to map stormwater retention ponds for my municipality, how should I mount my Lowrance unit?” “Can you estimate aquatic plant biomass from BioBase outputs? If so, how?”  Questions like these from a growing global BioBase user base can now be answered by other experienced colleagues.  North Carolina State University’s Aquatic Weed Science Program has recently launched an Aquatic Resource Mapping Forum designed to support a user community of broad interests related to mapping Aquatic Habitats.  “…this forum is designed to foster a community of individuals who share a common interest (Aquatic Mapping and Monitoring) and to provide a forum for that community to discuss various aspects of the science and ask for help when needed,” noted Dr. Brett Hartis, NCSU Aquatic Extension and Research Associate and moderator of the forum.  We strongly encourage anyone with an interest in aquatic mapping to sign up for the forum and subscribe to email alerts for Topics that interest you.*

 

Go to http://aquaticmapping.prophpbb.com/  and sign up for a free account.  To subscribe to Topics, click on a Topic and scroll down to the footer.  Click “Subscribe Forum”.  The text will then switch to “Unsubscribe forum” which will indicate you are subscribed to get email alerts each time someone posts.

 

Know more about how BioBase works: Operator Guide Updated

How far apart should I space my mapping transects?  How do I delete data? What does “point” and “grid” mean in reports and data exports?  Answers to all these questions and many more can be found in the full BioBase Operator’s Guide in the Support & Resources section in your BioBase account.

The Operator’s Guide was recently updated with descriptions of new features and includes more detail about how to optimize BioBase outputs, system specifications, and various how-to descriptions.  To ensure you get the best possible outputs in BioBase, we recommend giving this guide a full read prior to implementing surveys.

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