Tagging Sea Life

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Technology is ever increasing and has been used to make many great advances in the medical field, automotive industry, and now in monitoring animals.  Read the attached article and answer the following questions.

U.S. Animal Telemetry Network

1. What is telemetry?

2. What five important pieces of information does telemetry help us understand?

3. What is the importance of this information?

4. Is telemetry worth doing when the expense of it is high? Provide some reasons for your answer.

5. Regardless of your stance on telemetry, make an argument on which type of animal you can use it on in the ocean and the purpose to why you would use it?

10 thoughts on “Tagging Sea Life

  1. Telemetry is the science of gathering information on the movement and behavior of marine organisms using animal-borns sensors. It has helped us understand their true range, use of habitat, movements, foraging behavior, and their migration corridors. The importance of this information is integrating this data with other scientific observations as well as with other animal telemetry projects. I think that is is doing although the expense is high. It helps keep the species from being endangered or even extinct by placing actions in order to keep them alive. I think that we could use telemetry on sea turtles. I think this because every species of sea turtles are endangered and we need to try to keep them alive for as long as possible and help build their population back up.

  2. What is telemetry? The Science of gathering information on the movement and behavior of marine organisms.
    What five important pieces of information does telemetry help us understand? True Range, Use of habitat, movements/ foraging behaviors, migration corridors, and response to environmental factors.
    What is the importance of this information? It helps us understand marine life better, which allows us to better protect the species.
    Is telemetry worth doing when the expense of it is high? Provide some reasons for your answer. Yes, as it still allows to gain valuable information which can greatly impact science. If the money is not spent this information would remain unknown which could be more dangerous for everyone involved.
    Regardless of your stance on telemetry, make an argument on which type of animal you can use it on in the ocean and the purpose to why you would use it? Sharks and Whales: as both are subjected to overfishing for the use of parts. Issues such as finning can be reduced as it’s just letting the species die terribly for no good reason so it would greatly help scientific research/ conservation efforts.

  3. 1. What is telemetry?
    Telemetry is a powerful scientific tool that uses satellite tags to allow scientists to passively gather data on an animal’s movements, biorhythm, and temperature and salinity of the water as it swims.

    2. What five important pieces of information does telemetry help us understand?
    Telemetry helps us understand animal movements, biorhythm, water temperature, salinity, and location.

    3. What is the importance of this information?
    This information is important because it helps us understand marine life better and can help scientists implement acts and laws to protect marine species.

    4. Is telemetry worth doing when the expense of it is high? Provide some reasons for your answer.
    I believe telemetry is worth doing despite its high expense because it helps scientists protect marine species. Many important marine species are endangered, and it is important to protect them regardless of cost.

    5. Regardless of your stance on telemetry, make an argument on which type of animal you can use it on in the ocean and the purpose to why you would use it?
    You can use telemetry on sharks, which can help get important data on them and can help scientists learn to protect them. Sharks are keystone species but they are also endangered. It is important for scientists to learn more about them so they can help keep shark populations healthy. Sharks are also known to not be able to get cancer, so if shark populations remain healthy due to telemetry, then scientists would be able to figure out why sharks cannot get cancer, which may lead to a human cure.

  4. 1. Animal telemetry, the science of gathering information on the movement and behavior of marine organisms using animal-borne sensors, or tags, is a rising star in the field of ocean observing.
    2. Telemetry helps understand location, environment, physiology, behavior, and communication patterns of animals.
    3. Crucial for conservation, research, resource management, and climate change studies.
    4. Yes, benefits in science, conservation, and resource management outweigh initial costs.
    5. Telemetry on dolphins aids research, tracking movements, behavior, and responses to environmental changes for conservation efforts.

  5. Telemetry is a means of gathering information on the movement and behavior of marine organisms using animal-borne sensors, or tags.

    Telemetry helps us understand migration patterns, breeding/feeding habits, information about the animal (temperature, heart rate, oxygen levels), its behavior (vocalizations, breathing, tail beats), and data on their environment (external sound, temperature, salinity, light).

    This information is important because it helps us see the signs and understand the effects of changes to the ecosystems they inhabit.

    Yes, telemetry is worth doing despite its expense. It is a uniquely effective way of conducting scientific studies and gathering information that humans have little way of knowing without following directly.

    I would use telemetry on a dolphin because the playful animals interest me and I would like to know how they spend their time and where I could meet one.

  6. 1. What is telemetry? It is the science of gathering movement, and behavior data of marine organisms.
    2. What five important pieces of information does telemetry help us understand?true range, migration movements, feeding behaviors, habitat behaviors, breeding ground movements
    3. What is the importance of this information? it helps us to better understand why and when a creature will be in a certain area.
    4. Is telemetry worth doing when the expense of it is high? Provide some reasons for your answer.Yes it is worth it as we have gathered valuable information. We now know why some species go certain places and found out where species go and travel throughout their life. This leaves us better equipped to help them in the future.
    5. Regardless of your stance on telemetry, make an argument on which type of animal you can use it on in the ocean and the purpose to why you would use it?
    A shark. The reason for it is you can use it to see where they are. To make sure they aren’t coming inland and if they are potentially closing the beach if it is known to be a hotspot of attacks.

  7. 1.a science of gathering information on the movement and behavior of marine organisms using tags
    2. their true range, use of habitat, movements and foraging behavior, their migration corridors, and how they respond to environmental and anthropogenic factors
    3. so that you can understand an animal’s behavior and to find out more to help with the conservation of marine species
    4. it is worth it because it can help with conservation measures
    5. Telemetry can be used on the North Atlantic right whale because it is a critically endangered species with only around 360 individuals left. A main purpose would to be able to see where they live, and their migration patterns to set up restrictions in those areas.

  8. A scientific tool that helps collect data and understand marine life better.
    Movements and behavior, location, environment, communication patterns, and feeding habits
    Helps us understand marine life better, where they go and what their environments are like
    Yes, because it helps with resource management and protecting species
    Using telemetry on sharks is very important because it can help scientists track their movements, understand their migration patterns and study their behavior.

  9. 1. Telemetry is a tool that allowed scientists to passively gather data on the movement and behavior is marine organisms using animal-borne sensors or tags.
    2. It helps us understand their true range, use of habitat, movements, behavior, and migration corridors.
    3. This is important to know because it helps scientists understand marine life better to help save and protect them.
    4. Provide some reasons for your answer. I think it is worth doing although it is expensive because overall it helps protect marine species that are endangered and that the environment needs.
    5. You can use telemetry on sharks and I think it is important to use it on them because they are endangered. Sharks are a very important species and if telemetry is used on them scientists can find a way to protect them.

  10. 1. What is telemetry? A tool that helps collect data to help understand marine life

    2. What five important pieces of information does telemetry help us understand? Movements, use of habitat, migration, location, environment

    3. What is the importance of this information?
    Help understand marine life and how they act and what they do
    4. Is telemetry worth doing when the expense of it is high? Provide some reasons for your answer.
    It is worth it because it helps understand marine life and will help develop things that need marine research
    5. Regardless of your stance on telemetry, make an argument on which type of animal you can use it on in the ocean and the purpose to why you would use it? You can use it on endangered species like the shark to help them study them so they can help the decline of population and try to help make that change to help the population bounce back

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