A satellite-linked tag for the long-term monitoring of diving behavior in large whales

• Published in: Animal Biotelemetry
• Main Authors: Daniel M. Palacios, Ladd M. Irvine, Barbara A. Lagerquist, James A. Fahlbusch, John Calambokidis, Stanley M. Tomkiewicz, Bruce R. Mate
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2022
• Subjects: Argos satellite telemetry; Data recovery; Bio-logging; Smart tags; Accelerometry; Adaptive algorithm; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Animal biochemistry; QP501-801; Rorqual; Balaenoptera musculus; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-022-00297-9; https://doaj.org/article/1589c259700540a0a4d1fb3847835eac

Abstract Despite spending most time underwater, the technology in use to track whales over large geographic ranges via satellite has been largely limited to locational data, with most applications focusing on characterizing their horizontal movements. We describe the development of the RDW tag, a ne...