Tagging through the stages: Technical and ecological challenges in observing life histories through biologging

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 457, Issue , 2012, Pages 165-170

  Shillinger, George L ^a,b   Bailey, Helen ^c   Bograd, Steven J ^d   Hazen, Elliott L ^d   Hamann, Mark ^e   Gaspar, Philippe ^f   Godley, Brendan J ^g   Wilson, Rory P ^h   Spotila, James R ⁱ  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tag A Giant Fund   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d NOAA SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f CLS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^h SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Electronic tags; GPS tags; Hatchling dispersal models; Juveniles; Ocean currents; Ontogeny; Satellite telemetry; Tag attachment techniques

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; BIRD; FISH; GPS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE MAMMAL; OCEANIC CURRENT; SATELLITE DATA; TAGGING; TURTLE;

EID: 84862737656     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09816     Document Type: Article

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