Journal article
Animal-borne telemetry: An integral component of the ocean observing toolkit
Macquarie University1
James Cook University Queensland2
University of Tasmania3
University of California at Santa Cruz4
Stanford University5
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande6
Office of Naval Research7
National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark8
Section for Freshwater Fisheries Ecology, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark9
Norwegian Polar Institute10
University of St Andrews11
University of Western Australia12
École nationale d'ingénieurs de Sfax13
Sorbonne Université14
Carleton University15
National Research Foundation16
University of Pretoria17
Fisheries and Oceans Canada18
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology19
CSIC20
NIWA21
Université de La Rochelle22
Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China23
Deakin University24
Flinders University25
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu26
Phuket Marine Biological Center27
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency28
University of Porto29
Marine Biological Association30
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research31
University of British Columbia32
University of Gothenburg33
The University of Tokyo34
Australian Institute of Marine Science35
Sydney Institute of Marine Science36
Dalhousie University37
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration38
...and 28 moreAnimal telemetry is a powerful tool for observing marine animals and the physical environments that they inhabit, from coastal and continental shelf ecosystems to polar seas and open oceans. Satellite-linked biologgers and networks of acoustic receivers allow animals to be reliably monitored over scales of tens of meters to thousands of kilometers, giving insight into their habitat use, home range size, the phenology of migratory patterns and the biotic and abiotic factors that drive their distributions.
Furthermore, physical environmental variables can be collected using animals as autonomous sampling platforms, increasing spatial and temporal coverage of global oceanographic observation systems. The use of animal telemetry, therefore, has the capacity to provide measures from a suite of essential ocean variables (EOVs) for improved monitoring of Earth's oceans.
Here we outline the design features of animal telemetry systems, describe current applications and their benefits and challenges, and discuss future directions. We describe new analytical techniques that improve our ability to not only quantify animal movements but to also provide a powerful framework for comparative studies across taxa.
We discuss the application of animal telemetry and its capacity to collect biotic and abiotic data, how the data collected can be incorporated into ocean observing systems, and the role these data can play in improved ocean management.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | Frontiers Media S.A. |
| Year: | 2019 |
| ISSN: | 22967745 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fmars.2019.00326 |
| ORCIDs: | Aarestrup, Kim |
