Improving Large Cetacean Implantable Satellite Tag Designs to Maximize Tag Robustness and Minimize Health Effects to Individual Animals

This project aims to develop robust implantable satellite tags for large cetaceans by addressing tag design flaws observed during studies focused on Gulf of Maine (GOM) humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) (Robbins et al. 2013; Zerbini et al. 2013). In addition, potential trauma caused by muscle...

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Main Authors: Zerbini, Alexandre N, Moore, Michael J
Other Authors: NATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL LABORATORY SEATTLE WA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Biology
Active & Passive Radar Detection & Equipment
*CETACEA
*HEALTH
*SATELLITE TRACKING SYSTEMS
TRAUMA
TAG ROBUSTNESS
IMPLANTABLE SATELLITE TAGS
HEALTH EFFECTS
TAG DESIGN
Megaptera novaeangliae
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA617499
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA617499
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Summary:This project aims to develop robust implantable satellite tags for large cetaceans by addressing tag design flaws observed during studies focused on Gulf of Maine (GOM) humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) (Robbins et al. 2013; Zerbini et al. 2013). In addition, potential trauma caused by muscle penetrating devices (Moore et al., 2013) will be evaluated through experiments on cetacean carcasses. These experiments along with existing information on tag vulnerabilities will inform development of new tag designs that are expected to minimize potential health effects to individual whales while maintaining or improving tag duration. Prepared in collaboration with the Cascadia Research Collective, Olympia, WA, and the Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA.

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