Deployment details for satellite tags deployed on Antarctic blue whales during the Antarctic blue whale voyage 2013

• Other Authors: AADC (originator), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (resourceProvider)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; oceans; BALEEN WHALES; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; CETACEANS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING; ARGOS; SATELLITE TAG; ANTARCTIC BLUE WHALE; SORP; ANTARCTIC BLUE WHALE VOYAGE; FV AMALTAL EXPLORER; ANIMAL MOVEMENT; ARGOS > ARGOS Data Collection and Position Location System; SHIPS; SATELLITES; AMD/AU; AMD; CEOS; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; baleen whales; Blue whale
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/deployment-details-satellite-voyage-2013/968377; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4102_sat_tag; https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=AAS_4102_sat_tag; http://data.aad.gov.au/eds/4508/download; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=AAS_4102

This file contains the deployment metadata for satellite tag deployments during the Antarctic blue whale voyage 2013. Specifically, this file contains: Argos Number – the platform transmitting terminal identification number assigned by Argos Date (UTC) Time (UTC) Location (at deployment) Field trip (field trip identifier) Deployment Lat itude Deployment Longitude Species Sex (as determined via biopsy sample analysis) Body condition Maturity Group Size Initial Activity Deployment Method (used to deploy satellite tag) Airgun Pressure (bar) Shot distance (m) %age Implanted (percentage of tag implanted – 100% = full implantation) Reaction (to tagging) Boat driver Tag Shooter Biopsy Shooter Filmed? Photo Id taken? Frame number (of photo ID image) Biopsy taken? Biopsy ID (sample identification number) One aim of the Antarctic blue whale voyage was to attempt to deploy satellite tags on Antarctic blue whales in order to describe their movement and behaviour. This was the first time satellite tags had ever been deployed on Antarctic blue whales. Antarctic blue whale movement has been described using static location information such as that derived from the retrieval of a discovery-tagged whales, photo identification or acoustic data. These techniques however are unable to provide a continuous record of actual movements instead inferring movement from two (or more) known locations at two (or more) separate points in time. Actual movements of the whale between these points in time are not known. As such, detailed information such as large scale migratory movement between breeding and feeding grounds or even fine scale movement within a feeding ground remain poorly understood.