Radio-tracking manatees from land and space: tag design, implementation, and lessons learned from long-term study

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-29

  Deutsch, Charles J ^a,b   Bonde, Robert K ^a   Reid, James P ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIO TAGS; RADIO TRACKING MANATEES;

COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADIO TRANSMITTERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELEMETERING; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT; TELEMETERING SYSTEMS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

DATA ACQUISITION; MANATEE; RADIO-TRACKING; REMOTE SENSING; TAGGING;

PUERTO RICO; USA, FLORIDA; USA, GEORGIA;

EID: 0032023940     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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