Performance and retention of lightweight satellite radio tags applied to the ears of polar bears (Ursus maritimus)

• Published in: Animal Biotelemetry
• Main Authors: Øystein Wiig, Erik W. Born, Kristin L. Laidre, Rune Dietz, Mikkel Villum Jensen, George M. Durner, Anthony M. Pagano, Eric Regehr, Michelle St. Martin, Stephen Atkinson, Markus Dyck
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2017
• Subjects: Ear satellite transmitters; Performance; Retention; Platform transmitter terminal; PTT; Polar bear; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Animal biochemistry; QP501-801; Chukchi Sea; Baffin Bay; Greenland; Kane; Baffin; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi; Kane Basin; polar bear; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-017-0124-0; https://doaj.org/article/6df482db67a84d15b15fb8e07ae4a698

Abstract Background Satellite telemetry studies provide information that is critical to the conservation and management of species affected by ecological change. Here we report on the performance and retention of two types (SPOT-227 and SPOT-305A) of ear-mounted Argos-linked satellite transmitters (...