Acquisition of Oceanographic Measurements from Baleen Whales

Abstract

The long-term goals of this project are to use large baleen whales as oceanographic sampling platforms, and to understand how they use oceanographic features to navigate and find prey. The specific objective of this research is to develop and calibrate satellite transmitters for baleen whales that can collect and transmit data on location, depth, temperature, and salinity. The project is carried out in cooperation with Mads Peter Heide-Jorgensen (Greenland Institute for Natural Resources) and Gisli Vikingsson (Marine Research Institute, Iceland). The study will address the objective through cooperation with the two main manufacturers of satellite transmitters for marine mammals (Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU), University of St. Andrews, Scotland, and Wildlife Computers (WC), Seattle, USA). New types of CTD oceanographic tags will be developed for baleen whales.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2013
Accession Number
ADA598791

Entities

People

  • Jonas Teilmann
  • Mads P. Heide-jorgensen

Organizations

  • Aarhus University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Animals
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computers
  • Cooperation
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Operations
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Measurement
  • Natural Resources
  • Transmitters
  • Universities
  • Whales
  • Wildlife

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Oceanography.

Technology Areas

  • Space