Benthic animal-borne sensors and citizen science combine to validate ocean modelling.

ABSTRACT: Developments in animal electronic tagging and tracking have transformed the field of movement ecology, but interest is also growing in the contributions of tagged animals to oceanography. Animal-borne sensors can address data gaps, improve ocean model skill and support model validation, but previous studies in this area have focused almost exclusively on satellite-telemetered seabirds and seals. Here, for the first time, we develop the use of benthic species as animal oceanographers by combining archival (depth and temperature) data from animal-borne tags, passive acoustic telemetry and citizen-science mark-recapture records from 2016-17 for the Critically Endangered flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) in Scotland. By comparing temperature observations to predictions from the West Scotlan

SUBMITTER: Lavender E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9534998 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature