Sei Whale satellite tagging – Miguel Oliveira imagdop 2008
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Tagging a North Atlantic Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) with an ARGOS satellite tag. This whale was tagged off Faial island (Azores, Portugal) in the scope of the Great Whales Satellite Telemetry Program developed by the Institute of Marine Research at the Department of Oceanography and Fisheries of the Un. Azores. Satellite telemetry allows gaining detailed information about animals' movements over an extended period of time and at great spatial scale. The tag is remotely implanted in the thick blubber layer of the whales using a pneumatic gun (ARTS – Air Rocket Transmitter System). After a period of a few months the tag is naturally rejected by the animals body. To know more about the Great Whales Satellite Telemetry Program visit this site: www.horta.uac.pt
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