DSN community, I need your help
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By , on March 23rd, 2013 13 comments   Uncategorized   , , ,  

I’m going to shameless co-opt the DSN soapbox for selfish research purposes for a moment. Do you know anyone who lives near Seadrift TX, east of Corpus Christi/West of Houston? I have a satellite tag that came ashore in Espiritu Santo Bay, inside Matagorda Is. and I’d love to get it back. It was on . . . → Read More: DSN community, I need your help

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Fishy phone home
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By , on June 5th, 2012 2 comments   Ecology, Fish, Gadgets & Gear, Scientist!, Vessels and Equipment   , , , , , , , ,  

If you’re at all interested in charismatic megafauna (it’s OK, embrace the shame), then you’ve probably heard of satellite tagging before. This is the idea that you can attach a small device to some species of interest and follow its progress and know its location without actually having to be able to see it all . . . → Read More: Fishy phone home

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Friday Deep-sea Picture: Basking Shark
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By , on May 8th, 2009 7 comments   New Research, Organisms   , , ,  

Photo by Chris Gotschalk, from Wikimedia Commons. Basking sharks can measure 35 feet or longer, are known to live in temperate waters around the world, but their wintering grounds were unknown until very recently. Discovery News reports that satellite tags placed by Greg Skomal of Massachusetts Marine Fisheries are bringing new revelations about these mysterious . . . → Read More: Friday Deep-sea Picture: Basking Shark

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