Data for Evaluating Efficacy of 1- versus 2-prong Radio Transmitter Attachment for Scoters in Alaska and Washington, 2008-2010
A major challenge of wildlife telemetry is choosing an attachment technique that maximizes transmitter retention while minimizing negative side effects. For waterbirds, attachment of transmitters with subcutaneous anchors has been an effective and well-established technique, having been used on &...
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ftdatacite:10.5066/f79s1pzj 2023-05-15T17:10:55+02:00 Data for Evaluating Efficacy of 1- versus 2-prong Radio Transmitter Attachment for Scoters in Alaska and Washington, 2008-2010 Lewis, Tyler Esler, Dan Uher-Koch, Brian Dickson, Rian Anderson, Eric Everson, Joseph Hupp, Jerry Flint, Jerry 2018 https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/f79s1pzj https://alaska.usgs.gov/products/data.php?dataid=184 unknown U.S. Geological Survey https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wsb.833 Alaska, State of Washington, surf scoters, white wing scoters, sea ducks, Melanitta fusca, Melanitta perspicillata, ornithology, plant and animal tagging dataset Dataset 2018 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.5066/f79s1pzj https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.833 2022-02-08T18:05:28Z A major challenge of wildlife telemetry is choosing an attachment technique that maximizes transmitter retention while minimizing negative side effects. For waterbirds, attachment of transmitters with subcutaneous anchors has been an effective and well-established technique, having been used on >40 species. This method was recently modified to include a second subcutaneous anchor, presumably increasing transmitter retention beyond that of single-anchor attachments. This putative benefit may be offset, however, by increased health risks related to additional incisions and subcutaneous protrusions. To test this potential trade-off, we attached radio transmitters to surf scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) and white-winged scoters (M. fusca) during the flightless remigial molt and winter using single- (121 scoters) and double-anchor (128 scoters) attachment techniques. The data described here are generated by this research project. Results of this work are published in the journal Wildlife Society Bulletin. Dataset Melanitta fusca Alaska DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Alaska, State of Washington, surf scoters, white wing scoters, sea ducks, Melanitta fusca, Melanitta perspicillata, ornithology, plant and animal tagging Lewis, Tyler Esler, Dan Uher-Koch, Brian Dickson, Rian Anderson, Eric Everson, Joseph Hupp, Jerry Flint, Jerry Data for Evaluating Efficacy of 1- versus 2-prong Radio Transmitter Attachment for Scoters in Alaska and Washington, 2008-2010 |
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A major challenge of wildlife telemetry is choosing an attachment technique that maximizes transmitter retention while minimizing negative side effects. For waterbirds, attachment of transmitters with subcutaneous anchors has been an effective and well-established technique, having been used on >40 species. This method was recently modified to include a second subcutaneous anchor, presumably increasing transmitter retention beyond that of single-anchor attachments. This putative benefit may be offset, however, by increased health risks related to additional incisions and subcutaneous protrusions. To test this potential trade-off, we attached radio transmitters to surf scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) and white-winged scoters (M. fusca) during the flightless remigial molt and winter using single- (121 scoters) and double-anchor (128 scoters) attachment techniques. The data described here are generated by this research project. Results of this work are published in the journal Wildlife Society Bulletin. |
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Lewis, Tyler Esler, Dan Uher-Koch, Brian Dickson, Rian Anderson, Eric Everson, Joseph Hupp, Jerry Flint, Jerry |
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Lewis, Tyler Esler, Dan Uher-Koch, Brian Dickson, Rian Anderson, Eric Everson, Joseph Hupp, Jerry Flint, Jerry |
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Data for Evaluating Efficacy of 1- versus 2-prong Radio Transmitter Attachment for Scoters in Alaska and Washington, 2008-2010 |
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Data for Evaluating Efficacy of 1- versus 2-prong Radio Transmitter Attachment for Scoters in Alaska and Washington, 2008-2010 |
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Data for Evaluating Efficacy of 1- versus 2-prong Radio Transmitter Attachment for Scoters in Alaska and Washington, 2008-2010 |
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Data for Evaluating Efficacy of 1- versus 2-prong Radio Transmitter Attachment for Scoters in Alaska and Washington, 2008-2010 |
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Data for Evaluating Efficacy of 1- versus 2-prong Radio Transmitter Attachment for Scoters in Alaska and Washington, 2008-2010 |
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data for evaluating efficacy of 1- versus 2-prong radio transmitter attachment for scoters in alaska and washington, 2008-2010 |
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U.S. Geological Survey |
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