TY - JOUR
T1 - COLLABORATING WITH MARINE BIRDS TO MONITOR THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT WITHIN COASTAL MARINE PROTECTED AREAS
AU - Orben, Rachael A.
AU - Peck-Richardson, Adam
AU - Piggott, Alexa
AU - Lerczak, James
AU - Wilson, Greg
AU - Garwood, Jessica C.
AU - Liu, Xiaohui
AU - Muzaffar, Sabir Bin
AU - Foster, Alexa D.
AU - Naser, Humood A.
AU - Almusallami, Mohamed
AU - Anker-Nilssen, Tycho
AU - Arnould, John P.Y.
AU - Berumen, Michael L.
AU - Cansse, Thomas
AU - Cárdenas-Alayza, Susana
AU - Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe
AU - Khamis, Abdul Qader
AU - Carpenter-Kling, Tegan
AU - Dehnhard, Nina
AU - Dagys, Mindaugas
AU - Fayet, Annette
AU - Forney, Rebecca M.
AU - Garthe, Stefan
AU - Hatch, Scott A.
AU - Johns, Michael E.
AU - Kim, Miran
AU - Layton-Matthews, Kate
AU - Lenske, Ariel K.
AU - McClelland, Gregory T.W.
AU - Morkūnas, Julius
AU - Nasif, Areen O.
AU - Panagoda, Gayomini
AU - Park, Jong Hyun
AU - Pimenta, Victor R.A.
AU - Quintana, Flavio
AU - Rayner, Matt J.
AU - Reiertsen, Tone Kristin
AU - Seneviratne, Sampath S.
AU - van Toor, Mariëlle
AU - Warzybok, Pete
AU - Weideman, Eleanor A.
AU - Yi, Jinhee
AU - Yu, Yat Tung
AU - Zavalaga, Carlos B.
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PY - 2025/4
Y1 - 2025/4
N2 - Animal telemetry is maturing into a viable method for observing the ocean as it can be used to monitor both environmental conditions and biological metrics along the movement trajectories of marine animals. As part of the Cormorant Oceanography Project, we have augmented a biologging tag with an external fast response temperature sensor to collect ocean temperature profiles from the backs of foraging marine birds. Cormorants dive between 50 and 250+ times a day to forage for prey so they can provide hard-to-match temporal and spatial coverage of coastal ocean conditions within their foraging areas. We process tag measurements to obtain fundamental oceanographic data (e.g., temperature profiles, bottom soundings, surface current measurements). Together, we have tracked 17 marine bird species (including two Spheniscus penguins spp. and a sea duck), originating from 17 countries and foraging along the edges of all major oceans. Tagged birds’ distribution included 191 MPAs in 26 countries, offering a unique ocean monitoring method to complement more widely used methods.
AB - Animal telemetry is maturing into a viable method for observing the ocean as it can be used to monitor both environmental conditions and biological metrics along the movement trajectories of marine animals. As part of the Cormorant Oceanography Project, we have augmented a biologging tag with an external fast response temperature sensor to collect ocean temperature profiles from the backs of foraging marine birds. Cormorants dive between 50 and 250+ times a day to forage for prey so they can provide hard-to-match temporal and spatial coverage of coastal ocean conditions within their foraging areas. We process tag measurements to obtain fundamental oceanographic data (e.g., temperature profiles, bottom soundings, surface current measurements). Together, we have tracked 17 marine bird species (including two Spheniscus penguins spp. and a sea duck), originating from 17 countries and foraging along the edges of all major oceans. Tagged birds’ distribution included 191 MPAs in 26 countries, offering a unique ocean monitoring method to complement more widely used methods.
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U2 - 10.5670/oceanog.2025e115
DO - 10.5670/oceanog.2025e115
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105004828442
SN - 1042-8275
VL - 38
SP - 32
EP - 37
JO - Oceanography
JF - Oceanography
ER -
