Estimation of pop-up satellite archival tag initial surface position: applications for eastern Bering Sea crab research ...

Abstract Background Climate change is reshaping Bering Sea crab distributions and recent population declines have elevated the urgency in understanding spatial dynamics in relation to management boundaries. While pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) can provide fishery-independent movement informa...

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Main Authors: Nault, Andrew J., Gaeuman, William B., Daly, Benjamin J., Vanek, Vicki A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: figshare 2024
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.7182854.v1
https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Estimation_of_pop-up_satellite_archival_tag_initial_surface_position_applications_for_eastern_Bering_Sea_crab_research/7182854/1
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Summary:Abstract Background Climate change is reshaping Bering Sea crab distributions and recent population declines have elevated the urgency in understanding spatial dynamics in relation to management boundaries. While pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) can provide fishery-independent movement information, a high level of spatial resolution is needed to evaluate small-scale (i.e., 10 s of km) movements of crabs. Because PSATs drift at the surface prior to acquisition of a satellite-estimated location (via Argos), the accuracy of pop-up location (i.e., animal terminal position) estimates depends on the ability to accurately estimate drift error. We deployed PSATs (n = 36) on fixed-position moorings in Bristol Bay and Marmot Bay, Alaska to validate a new method to estimate tag pop-up location and an associated error ellipse that uses in situ drift data from surfaced tags to estimate drift error. Estimated pop-up location was compared to the location of tag surfacing (i.e., the tag’s fixed position) and to an ...