Individually Unique Body Color Patterns in Octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) Allow for Photoidentification

Christine L. Huffard; Roy L. Caldwell; Ned DeLoach; David Wayne Gentry; Paul Humann; Bill MacDonald; Bruce Moore; Richard Ross; Takako Uno; Stephen Wong

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003732

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Individually Unique Body Color Patterns in Octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) Allow for Photoidentification

Christine L. Huffard ,

* E-mail: chuffard@berkeley.edu

Affiliation Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California, United States of America
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Roy L. Caldwell,

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Ned DeLoach,

Affiliation New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
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David Wayne Gentry,

Affiliation Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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Paul Humann,

Affiliation New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
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Bill MacDonald,

Affiliation Bill Macdonald Productions, Venice, California, United States of America
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Bruce Moore,

Affiliation Black Sand Dive Retreat, Kasawari, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Richard Ross,

Affiliation Steinhart Aquarium, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Takako Uno,

Affiliation Homantin, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Stephen Wong

Affiliation Homantin, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Individually Unique Body Color Patterns in Octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) Allow for Photoidentification

Christine L. Huffard,
Roy L. Caldwell,
Ned DeLoach,
David Wayne Gentry,
Paul Humann,
Bill MacDonald,
Bruce Moore,
Richard Ross,
Takako Uno,
Stephen Wong

Published: November 14, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003732

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Strengths and Weaknesses

Posted by luongdl on 02 Dec 2011 at 20:05 GMT

Strength:
As an undergraduate student, I find your way of writing very beneficial. It is very straight forward, down to the point.

Weakness:
I was not entirely convinced that this was a practical method in tracking octopus. It would help if you highlighted the weaknesses of this technique .

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