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Biological Resources geospatial technology Links to information on use of geospatial technology (remote sensing, thematic mapping, and GIS) and telemetry to analyze habitats with links to general information, centers, activities, technologies, documents, and coordinating group. (Score: 0.690)

Field methods: capture and marking of pintails Method of tracking pintail ducks by capturing with rocket nets or swim-in traps and attaching telemetry devices that allow satellite tracking. Includes video of rocket nets. (Score: 0.690)

Forum on Wildlife Telemetry - Innovations, Evaluations, and Research Needs Papers from Forum on Wildlife Telemetry, Snowmass Village, CO, 1997, on innovations in transmitting and receiving systems, attachment techniques, collection of data using telemetry, data processing and analysis. Available as .zip file to download. (Score: 0.690)

Radio-tracking amphibians: lessons from implant and external attachment procedures Paper from Forum on Wildlife Telemetry, Snowmass Village, CO, 1997, describes technique for implanting radio-transmitters for tracking amphibians such as frogs with telemetry. (Score: 0.690)

Lake Clark sockeye salmon research projects Summary of research on salmon fish resources in the Ilamna/Lake Clark area in Alaska with links to scientific projects, Native Alaskan intern program, lake core analysis, radio telemetry, genetics, subsistence fishing, and research staff. (Score: 0.647)

Discovery for Recovery: an International Pintail Recovery Initiative (Pinsat) Using satellite telemetry and field studies to track pintail ducks during spring migration north from Californias Central Valley plus pintails in New Mexico and Texas. Includes links to migration maps, journal, duck calls, and field methods. (Score: 0.615)

Western Ecological Research Center (WERC) Links to research at the field stations of the Western Ecological Research Center with direct links to web pages for wildlife videos, satellite telemetry, fire ecology, invasive species, herpetology field guide, and coastal ecosystems. (Score: 0.550)

The challenges of capturing and tagging manatees along west coastal Florida Description of method of capturing and tagging manatees in western Florida for tracking by satellite telemetry. Presented at a forum on telemetry. (Score: 0.488)

Survival of adult female northern pintails in Sacramento Valley, California Report on the population of northern pintails between 1979 and the 1990s in Sacramento Valley, California, including methods of study including radio telemetry, causes of mortality, morphometrics, survival rates, and management implications. (Score: 0.477)

Radio tracking manatees to assess the impact of hydrologic changes in southwest Florida Report on the Sirenia Project use of a radio tracking study to determine manatee movement patterns and habitat to develop ecological models to understand and predict the effects of hydrologic restoration on manatees in Southwest Florida. (Score: 0.413)

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About telemetry:

Definition: Transmitting data captured by instrumentation and measuring devices to a remote station where it is recorded and analyzed. For example, data from a weather satellite is telemetered to earth. [Computer Desktop Encyc., 2001]

Used for: biotelemetry, radio telemetry