Frontiers in Marine Science (Jun 2019)
Animal-Borne Telemetry: An Integral Component of the Ocean Observing Toolkit
- Rob Harcourt,
- Ana M. M. Sequeira,
- Xuelei Zhang,
- Fabien Roquet,
- Kosei Komatsu,
- Kosei Komatsu,
- Michelle Heupel,
- Clive McMahon,
- Fred Whoriskey,
- Mark Meekan,
- Gemma Carroll,
- Stephanie Brodie,
- Colin Simpfendorfer,
- Mark Hindell,
- Ian Jonsen,
- Daniel P. Costa,
- Barbara Block,
- Mônica Muelbert,
- Mônica Muelbert,
- Bill Woodward,
- Mike Weise,
- Kim Aarestrup,
- Martin Biuw,
- Martin Biuw,
- Lars Boehme,
- Steven J. Bograd,
- Dorian Cazau,
- Jean-Benoit Charrassin,
- Steven J. Cooke,
- Paul Cowley,
- P. J. Nico de Bruyn,
- Tiphaine Jeanniard du Dot,
- Carlos Duarte,
- Víctor M. Eguíluz,
- Luciana C. Ferreira,
- Juan Fernández-Gracia,
- Kimberly Goetz,
- Yusuke Goto,
- Christophe Guinet,
- Mike Hammill,
- Graeme C. Hays,
- Elliott L. Hazen,
- Luis A. Hückstädt,
- Charlie Huveneers,
- Sara Iverson,
- Saifullah Arifin Jaaman,
- Kongkiat Kittiwattanawong,
- Kit M. Kovacs,
- Christian Lydersen,
- Tim Moltmann,
- Masaru Naruoka,
- Lachlan Phillips,
- Baptiste Picard,
- Nuno Queiroz,
- Gilles Reverdin,
- Katsufumi Sato,
- David W. Sims,
- David W. Sims,
- Eva B. Thorstad,
- Michele Thums,
- Anne M. Treasure,
- Anne M. Treasure,
- Andrew W. Trites,
- Guy D. Williams,
- Yoshinari Yonehara,
- Mike A. Fedak
Affiliations
- Rob Harcourt
- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
- Ana M. M. Sequeira
- The University of Western Australia Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
- Xuelei Zhang
- First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao, China
- Fabien Roquet
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Kosei Komatsu
- Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
- Kosei Komatsu
- Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
- Michelle Heupel
- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD, Australia
- Clive McMahon
- Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Fred Whoriskey
- Ocean Tracking Network, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
- Mark Meekan
- 0Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, Australian Institute of Marine Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
- Gemma Carroll
- 1Environmental Research Division, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Monterey, CA, United States
- Stephanie Brodie
- 1Environmental Research Division, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Monterey, CA, United States
- Colin Simpfendorfer
- 2College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
- Mark Hindell
- 3Institute for Antarctic and Marine Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
- Ian Jonsen
- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
- Daniel P. Costa
- 4Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
- Barbara Block
- 5Department of Biology, Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, CA, United States
- Mônica Muelbert
- 6Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, RioGrande, Brazil
- Mônica Muelbert
- 7Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, UTAS Hobart, Hobart, TAS, Australia
- Bill Woodward
- 8NOAA, U.S. IOOS Office, ATN National Coordinator, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Mike Weise
- 9Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA, United States
- Kim Aarestrup
- 0Technical University of Denmark, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Silkeborg, Denmark
- Martin Biuw
- 1Fram Centre, Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway
- Martin Biuw
- 2Institute of Marine Research, Tromsø, Norway
- Lars Boehme
- 3Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, United Kingdom
- Steven J. Bograd
- 1Environmental Research Division, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Monterey, CA, United States
- Dorian Cazau
- 4ENSTA Bretagne, Lab-STICC (UMR CNRS 6285), Brest, France
- Jean-Benoit Charrassin
- 5Sorbonne Université, UMR 7159 CNRS-IRD-MNHN, LOCEAN-IPSL, Paris, France
- Steven J. Cooke
- 6Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Paul Cowley
- 7South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, South Africa
- P. J. Nico de Bruyn
- 8Department of Zoology and Entomology, Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa
- Tiphaine Jeanniard du Dot
- 9Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Institut Maurice-Lamontagne, Mont-Joli, QC, Canada
- Carlos Duarte
- 0Red Sea Research Centre and Computational Biology Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Víctor M. Eguíluz
- 1Instituto de Física Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos IFISC (CSIC-UIB), Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Luciana C. Ferreira
- 0Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, Australian Institute of Marine Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
- Juan Fernández-Gracia
- 1Instituto de Física Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos IFISC (CSIC-UIB), Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Kimberly Goetz
- 2National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
- Yusuke Goto
- Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
- Christophe Guinet
- 3Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé UMR 7273 CNRS - Université de la Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
- Mike Hammill
- 9Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Institut Maurice-Lamontagne, Mont-Joli, QC, Canada
- Graeme C. Hays
- 4School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
- Elliott L. Hazen
- 1Environmental Research Division, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Monterey, CA, United States
- Luis A. Hückstädt
- 4Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
- Charlie Huveneers
- 5School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- Sara Iverson
- 6Ocean Tracking Network, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
- Saifullah Arifin Jaaman
- 7Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Malaysia
- Kongkiat Kittiwattanawong
- 8Phuket Marine Biological Center, Phuket, Thailand
- Kit M. Kovacs
- 1Fram Centre, Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway
- Christian Lydersen
- 1Fram Centre, Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway
- Tim Moltmann
- 9Integrated Marine Observing System, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
- Masaru Naruoka
- 0Aeronautical Technology Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Chofu, Japan
- Lachlan Phillips
- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
- Baptiste Picard
- 3Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé UMR 7273 CNRS - Université de la Rochelle, Villiers en Bois, France
- Nuno Queiroz
- 1Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos/Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Gilles Reverdin
- 2LOCEAN, SU/CNRS/IRD/MNHN, Paris, France
- Katsufumi Sato
- Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
- David W. Sims
- 3Marine Biological Association of the UK, Plymouth, United Kingdom
- David W. Sims
- 4School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
- Eva B. Thorstad
- 5Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Trondheim, Norway
- Michele Thums
- 0Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, Australian Institute of Marine Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
- Anne M. Treasure
- 8Department of Zoology and Entomology, Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa
- Anne M. Treasure
- 6Department of Oceanography and Marine Research Institute (Ma-Re), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Andrew W. Trites
- 7Marine Mammal Research Unit, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Guy D. Williams
- 8Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, UTAS, Hobart, TAS, Australia
- Yoshinari Yonehara
- Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
- Mike A. Fedak
- 3Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, United Kingdom
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00326
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 6
Abstract
Animal 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.
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