Bringing data to the surface: recovering data loggers for large sample sizes from marine vertebrates

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• Journal Title:
  Animal Biotelemetry
• Personal Author:
  Lear, Karissa O. ; Whitney, Nicholas M.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
• Description:
  Despite the utility of data loggers for studying the fine-scale behavior and energetics of marine organisms, most studies using these tools have had relatively low sample sizes due to various factors including the logistical difficulty of physically recovering the loggers. Here, we report a simple methodology for recovering large numbers of data loggers over a broad search area, which has proven successful even for large, itinerant marine species. Techniques described include the use of VHF telemetry, a high-speed search vessel, GPS, and custom maps of the search area in order to record logger float package locations and optimize recovery strategy.
• Keywords:
  Animal Science And Zoology Computer Networks And Communications Instrumentation Signal Processing Animal Science And Zoology Computer Networks And Communications Animal Science And Zoology Computer Networks And Communications
• Source:
  Animal Biotelemetry, 4(1)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-016-0105-8
• ISSN:
  2050-3385
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  Springer Science and Business Media LLC
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  Grant no. NA13NMF4540056 ; Grant no. NA13NMF4720274 ; Grant no. NA14NMF4720320
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC BY
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3eecd3c2c8fbbc52c1f3c0cdaec52237f7013cf48010ad98c1ff896695a264f5
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/58560/noaa_58560_DS1.pdf
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