Contact Information:
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste
Mar Bermejo 195, Colonia Playa Palo de Santa Rita C.P.23090
Apdo. Postal 128, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México
Tel 52 -- 612-123 8484 ext. 3435
Fax 52- -612-125 3625
May 21st, 2012
Back in the early days of TOPP, one of our goals was to see if it might be possible to one day use the data we get from tagged animals to help us understand the ocean itself.
Daniel Costa, Jennifer Burns, Mary Zavanelli, Michelle Shero and Luis Huckstadt, from McMurdo Station, Antarctica -
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September 2008 - October 2009
Mayumba National Park, Gabon. Olive Ridley Sea Turtle tagging
Lead Researcher: Sara Maxwell
November - February 2009
San Nicolas Island, Channel Islands. Calfiornias Sea Lion tagging.
Lead Researchers: Dan Costa and Melinda Fowler
December-March 2009
Año Nuevo State Reserve, Northern California. Northern elephant seal tagging.
Lead Researcher: Daniel Costa
December-March 2009
Año Nuevo State Reserve, Northern California. Northern elephant seal physiology studies.
Lead Researcher: Daniel Crocker
January to March 2009
Isla Lobos, Uruguay
Female Southern Sea Lions. Satellite and GPS tags for tracking and TDRs for dive behavior
Lead Researchers: Dr. Federico Riet Sapriza, Cetáceos Uruguay and Daniel Costa
March- April 2009
Fernandina and Floreana Islands Galapagos, Ecuador.
Galapagos sea lion and Galapagos fur seal; GPS tracking and TDRs for dive behavior
Lead Researchers: Prof Fritz Trillmich, University of Bielefeld, Germany and Daniel Costa