Building Ocean Biodiversity Monitoring Capacity: Tracking Marine Animals with Acoustic Telemetry and the Role of the Ocean Tracking Network

2024/12/18 by Frederick G. Whoriskey · 1 voice
Environmental Science · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Marine animal studies overview #Marine and fisheries research #Identification and Quantification in Food

paper · pdf · doi:10.5670/oceanog.2025e103

openalex publication_date 2024/12/18 · openalex created_date 2024/12/19 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

Critical gaps exist in the ocean science community’s biological observation capabilities (e.g., Canonico, 2024; Hassoun et al., 2024). Defining exactly what to monitor and how to obtain the necessary resources to do so are subjects of ongoing debates.

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