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Duck Migration Study Reveals Importance of Conserving Wetlands, MU Researchers Find

By Guest PostSeptember 29, 2014Natureamerican midwest, birds, cafnr, canada, data, dylan kesler, earths plates movement, gedaechtnisprozess, gedaechtnisspuren, instrumented nanoindentation, kathryn kumamoto, lightning, marlene bartos, mir mine, rhythmus der erinnerung, satellite tracking technology, strength of olivine, strikes, university of missouri, wildlife species

COLUMBIA, Mo. – During the 2011 and 2012 migration seasons, University of Missouri researchers monitored mallard ducks with new remote satellite tracking technology, marking the first time ducks have been tracked closely during the entirety of their migration from Canada to the American Midwest and back. The research revealed that mallards use public and private wetland conservation areas extensively as they travel hundreds of miles across the continent. Dylan Kesler, an assistant professor of fisheries and wildlife in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at MU, says these findings illustrate the importance of maintaining protected wetland areas. (more…)

First Satellite Tag Study for Manta Rays Reveals Habits And Hidden Journeys of Ocean Giants

By Guest PostMay 15, 2012Naturebaleen whales, brenden j godley, caribbean sharks, chinese medicinal trade, dan w castellanos, devilfish, ecological needs, fish eggs, francisco remolina, gill rakers, government of mexico, howard rosenbaum, iucn, lucy a hawkes, manta ray, matthew witt, Mexico, mysterious ocean giant, mythic fish, plankton, rachel graham, sara maxwell, satellite telemetry, satellite tracking technology, university of exeter, whale sharks, Wildlife Conservation Society, yucatan peninsula, zooplankton

Using the latest satellite tracking technology, conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Exeter and the Government of Mexico have completed a ground-breaking study on a mysterious ocean giant: the manta ray.

The research team has produced the first published study on the use of satellite telemetry to track the open-ocean journeys of the world’s largest ray, which can grow up to 25 feet in width.

Researchers say the manta ray—listed as ‘Vulnerable’ by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)—has become increasingly threatened by fishing and accidental capture and now needs more protection. (more…)

Satellite Tracking Helps Russian Tanker Navigate Critical Sea Duck Habitat

By Guest PostJanuary 8, 2012Naturebiologists, craig lloyd, ellen lance, Environment, habitat, marcia mcnutt, matthew sexson, northern bering sea, population, russian tanker renda, satellite telemetry information, satellite tracking technology, sea duck, species, spectacled eiders, st lawrence island, transmitter, U.S. Geological Survey, us coast guard, usgs alaska science center, wildlife resources, wintering habitat

ANCHORAGE — On its way to deliver emergency fuel to Nome, Alaska, the Russian tanker Renda will move through an area used by wintering spectacled eiders, a federally threatened sea duck. But, to protect the ducks and their wintering habitat, resource managers from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and navigators from the U.S. Coast Guard are using satellite telemetry information from the U.S. Geological Survey to plot a route for the tanker that minimizes impacts to this species and its habitat.

“Nearly 20 years ago, USGS biologists used the latest satellite tracking technology available at the time to uncover the mysterious wintering behavior of the spectacled eider, now a threatened species,” said USGS Director Marcia McNutt. “Little did these scientists know at the time that their information would be critical in allowing a Russian tanker decades later to thread the needle to Nome in order to deliver life-saving fuel oil without taking a toll on these elusive sea ducks.” (more…)

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Duck Migration Study Reveals Importance of Conserving Wetlands, MU Researchers Find

First Satellite Tag Study for Manta Rays Reveals Habits And Hidden Journeys of Ocean Giants

Satellite Tracking Helps Russian Tanker Navigate Critical Sea Duck Habitat