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September 2nd, 2010
It has been a busy summer here at TOPP HQ!
Today in the journal PLoS ONE, TOPP scientists Drs.
This is the final blog post from a shark tagging expeidition that happened in fall, 2009. Thanks again to Paul Rogers of Flinders University, South Australia and the NOAA/NMFS team for taking t
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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