Infrastructural Enhancements to Advance Tracking Technology to Study Shark Behavior off the Coasts of Massachusetts and Hawaii
Abstract
Modern tracking technologies are allowing powerful new insights into the behavior and movements of a range of marine animals such as sharks and whales. These data are being collected at both fine and large scales and, increasingly, in real time or near-real time. This proposal seeks to enhance basic research capabilities by expanding technical infrastructure associated with tracking of marine species primarily sharks but also marine mammals where they overlap the spatial coverage provided by the enhanced infrastructure footprint. Funds are requested for purchase and installation of real-time acoustic receiver/transmitters for work conducted in coastal Massachusetts and for land-based radio receivers in Hawaii to augment near-real time data throughput from animals (sharks and whales) equipped with satellite-linked transmitters (tags).
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jul 20, 2020
- Source ID
- N000142012560
Entities
People
- Jacqueline Motyka
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy