C. Gallagher, Luke Storrie, Michael B. Courtney, K. Howland, E. V. Lea, S. MacPhee, L. Loseto
{"title":"Predation of archival tagged Dolly Varden, Salvelinus malma, reveals predator avoidance behaviour and tracks feeding events by presumed beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas, in the Beaufort Sea","authors":"C. Gallagher, Luke Storrie, Michael B. Courtney, K. Howland, E. V. Lea, S. MacPhee, L. Loseto","doi":"10.21203/RS.3.RS-910528/V1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21203/RS.3.RS-910528/V1","url":null,"abstract":"Background We report compelling evidence suggesting a predation event of a pop-up satellite archival tagged anadromous Dolly Varden ( Salvelinus malma ) by a marine mammal during summer in the Beaufort Sea based on abrupt changes in temperature and vertical movements. This observation provides insight on predator avoidance behaviour by Dolly Varden and the predator’s feeding frequency while the tag was ingested. Based on published distribution and ecology information, we presumed the predator was a beluga whale ( Delphinapterus leucas ). Supplemental satellite telemetry data from previously tagged Dolly Varden and beluga whales were used to determine the extent of spatial and vertical overlap between species in the area where predation occurred. Results Prior to the predation event, depths and temperatures occupied by the tagged Dolly Varden averaged 1.1 m and 3.1 °C, respectively. On July 7, 2020, depths remained shallow apart from a sudden dive to 12.5 m (16:45 UTC) followed by a precipitous increase in temperature from 4.4 to 27.1 °C (16:52 UTC) suggesting predation by an endotherm. Subsequent readings indicated the endotherm had a resting stomach temperature of 36.1 °C. Including the predation event, eight separate feeding events were inferred during the 20-h period the tag was ingested (before presumed regurgitation) based on subsequent declines in stomach temperatures (mean decline to 31.1 °C) that took an average of 24.1 min to return to resting temperature. The predator occupied mainly shallow depths (mean = 2.3 m), overlapping with tagged belugas that spent 76.9% of their time occupying waters ≤ 2.5 m when frequenting the area occupied by tagged Dolly Varden in the Canadian Beaufort Sea in July. Back-calculation based on tag drift and mean displacement by tagged belugas indicated the predation likely occurred west of the Mackenzie Delta. Conclusion Our findings provide new information on both anti-predator behaviour by, and marine predators of, Dolly Varden in the Beaufort Sea. We provide the first estimate of feeding frequency and stomach temperature recovery in a presumed wild beluga, and evidence for shallow foraging behaviour by belugas. Elucidating the likely predator and exploring the extent of overlap between Dolly Varden and beluga whales contributes towards knowledge on the trophic interactions in the Beaufort Sea.","PeriodicalId":37711,"journal":{"name":"Animal Biotelemetry","volume":"9 1","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2021-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41962700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Svendsen, F. Økland, M. Føre, L. Randeberg, B. Finstad, R. Olsen, J. A. Alfredsen
{"title":"Optical measurement of tissue perfusion changes as an alternative to electrocardiography for heart rate monitoring in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)","authors":"E. Svendsen, F. Økland, M. Føre, L. Randeberg, B. Finstad, R. Olsen, J. A. Alfredsen","doi":"10.1186/s40317-021-00264-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-021-00264-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37711,"journal":{"name":"Animal Biotelemetry","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2021-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65849308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Evan J. Buck, Jeffery D. Sullivan, C. Kent, Jennifer M. Mullinax, D. Prosser
{"title":"A comparison of methods for the long-term harness-based attachment of radio-transmitters to juvenile Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)","authors":"Evan J. Buck, Jeffery D. Sullivan, C. Kent, Jennifer M. Mullinax, D. Prosser","doi":"10.1186/s40317-021-00257-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-021-00257-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37711,"journal":{"name":"Animal Biotelemetry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2021-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45457798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jonah L. Withers, Helen Takade-Heumacher, Lori A. Davis, Rachel D. Neuenhoff, S. Albeke, J. Sweka
{"title":"Large- and small-scale movement and distribution of acoustically tagged lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) in eastern Lake Erie","authors":"Jonah L. Withers, Helen Takade-Heumacher, Lori A. Davis, Rachel D. Neuenhoff, S. Albeke, J. Sweka","doi":"10.1186/s40317-021-00263-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-021-00263-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37711,"journal":{"name":"Animal Biotelemetry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2021-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46522287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simulation-based validation of activity logger data for animal behavior studies","authors":"Jiawei Chen, Geoffrey M. Brown, Adam M. Fudickar","doi":"10.1186/s40317-021-00254-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-021-00254-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37711,"journal":{"name":"Animal Biotelemetry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2021-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47349718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lloyd W. Hopkins, Nathan R. Geraldi, E. Pope, M. Holton, M. Lurgi, Carlos M. Duarte, R. Wilson
{"title":"Testing angular velocity as a new metric for metabolic demands of slow-moving marine fauna: a case study with Giant spider conchs Lambis truncata","authors":"Lloyd W. Hopkins, Nathan R. Geraldi, E. Pope, M. Holton, M. Lurgi, Carlos M. Duarte, R. Wilson","doi":"10.1186/s40317-021-00255-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-021-00255-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37711,"journal":{"name":"Animal Biotelemetry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2021-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43742938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tina Oldham, G. Macaulay, Malin Stalheim, F. Oppedal
{"title":"Operculum PIT tagging: a viable alternative to avoid human consumption in processed salmon","authors":"Tina Oldham, G. Macaulay, Malin Stalheim, F. Oppedal","doi":"10.1186/s40317-021-00261-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-021-00261-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37711,"journal":{"name":"Animal Biotelemetry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2021-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44181098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Murauskas, K. Hyatt, Jeffrey K. Fryer, E. Koontz, S. Folks, R. Bussanich, K. Shelby
{"title":"Migration and survival of Okanagan River Sockeye Salmon Oncorhynchus nerka, 2012–2019","authors":"J. Murauskas, K. Hyatt, Jeffrey K. Fryer, E. Koontz, S. Folks, R. Bussanich, K. Shelby","doi":"10.1186/s40317-021-00262-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-021-00262-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37711,"journal":{"name":"Animal Biotelemetry","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2021-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65849554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Palacios, Ladd M. Irvine, B. Lagerquist, J. Fahlbusch, J. Calambokidis, Stanley M. Tomkiewicz, B. Mate
{"title":"A satellite-linked tag for the long-term monitoring of diving behavior in large whales","authors":"D. Palacios, Ladd M. Irvine, B. Lagerquist, J. Fahlbusch, J. Calambokidis, Stanley M. Tomkiewicz, B. Mate","doi":"10.21203/rs.3.rs-834159/v1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-834159/v1","url":null,"abstract":"Despite spending most time underwater, the technology in use to track whales over large geographic ranges via satellite has been largely limited to locational data, with most applications focusing on characterizing their horizontal movements. We describe the development of the RDW tag, a new Argos-based satellite telemetry device that incorporates sensors for monitoring the movements and dive behavior of large whales over several months without requiring recovery. Based on an implantable design, the tag features a saltwater conductivity switch, a tri-axial accelerometer, and an optional pressure transducer, along with onboard software for data processing and detection of behavioral events or activities of interest for transmission. We configured the software to detect dives and create per-dive summaries describing behavioral events associated with feeding activities in rorqual whales. We conducted a validation by proxy of the dive summary and event detection algorithms using field data from a medium-duration archival tag. We also conducted a simulation exercise to examine how the expected data recovery would vary under different dive behavior scenarios and compared those results to empirical values from field deployments of the RDW tag on blue ( Balaenoptera musculus ) and humpback ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) whales. The dive summary algorithm accurately reported dive depth and duration, while the accuracy of the lunge-feeding event detection algorithm was dependent on the precision of the accelerometer data that was used, with a predicted accuracy of 0.74 for correctly classifying feeding dives from 1/64-G precision data and 0.95 from 1-mG precision data. Simulated data recovery was lower with sparser transmission schedules, shorter mean dive durations, and lower rates of successfully received transmissions. Empirical data recovery was lower than expected from the simulation, suggesting the effect of additional factors, such as data gaps. By measuring key aspects of the per-dive behavior of large whales over multi-month timescales of movement, the RDW tags provide the ability to monitor previously unobservable behaviors across entire geographic ranges, extending the applications of satellite telemetry devices to new areas of whale physiology, behavior, ecology, and conservation.","PeriodicalId":37711,"journal":{"name":"Animal Biotelemetry","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2021-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49449978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Reubens, K. Aarestrup, C. Meyer, Andy Moore, Finn Okland, P. Afonso
{"title":"Compatibility in acoustic telemetry","authors":"J. Reubens, K. Aarestrup, C. Meyer, Andy Moore, Finn Okland, P. Afonso","doi":"10.1186/s40317-021-00253-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-021-00253-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37711,"journal":{"name":"Animal Biotelemetry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2021-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49424163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}