Aug 10, 2021 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Animal tracking with Argos began in the 1980s. Improved techniques and satellite coverage now allow for much more tracking, with better resolutions. However, old tracks analysed with current methods can help understand issues such as the sleep of whales as is the case...
Jun 16, 2021 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Manatees can live in rivers. However, in Africa, dams have been built over rivers, so that mitigation and modifications should be made to let the manatees come and go with the wet and dry seasons. A study examines this in the Senegal River. Manatees are marine mammals...
Apr 26, 2021 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Sea turtle rehabilitation centres are becoming increasingly important to threatened sea turtle populations around the world. However, one key question is whether rehabilitation is actually helpful to sea turtle populations; do sea turtles survive in the wild after...
Mar 16, 2021 | Birds, Fish, Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
Krill is at the base of the food-chain near Antarctica. It is also fished, with regulations enforced in regions where endangered species are also feeding on it. However, other species can also compete for this particular resource. Argos helps in assessing the foraging...
Feb 16, 2021 | Marine Animals, News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology, Wildlife Monitoring
Marine Protected Areas are one of the main instruments for endangered species protection. Argos can help in defining their outlines to have the best impact, especially when a large number of tracks is available for habitat analysis and modelling. Example with marine...
Oct 27, 2020 | Marine Animals, News, Wildlife Monitoring
One of the most frequent rationale to fit animals with tracking devices is to help in conservation actions and regulations. In the case of marine animals, is this argument only (or mostly) a wish, or are there real consequences consecutive to tracking studies? Do we...