TOPP Goes Global

Posted July 19th, 2010 by RandyKochevar
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It has been a busy summer here at TOPP HQ!  As we approach the completion of the international Census of Marine Life, our team has been hard at work finalizing the analytical tools that we are using to combine the whole TOPP dataset into a cohesive whole - allowing us to perform analyses on tracks from multiple different species, using different types of electronic tags.

Bluefin Tuna in the Gulf of Mexico

Posted May 28th, 2010 by RandyKochevar
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Today in the journal PLoS ONE, TOPP scientists Drs.

Hot Tuna and Oil: Bluefin in the Gulf off Mexico

Posted May 5th, 2010 by RandyKochevar
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This species, Thunnus thynnus, never gets a break. Imagine a fish with a reproductive strategy where it has to grow from a tiny egg to a 225 lb fish, and than once mature, it goes to spawn in the Gulf of Mexico for 4-6 weeks. If that’s your evolutionary strategy for reproduction, you’d better hope that your spawning ground is just like you left it the year before- warm and clean. The rest of the year the giant bluefin swims the entire North Atlantic ranging from frigid seas off the Maritimes of Canada to Iceland, from the Azores to the shores of North Carolina.

Final Episode - Shark Tagging with NOAA/NMFS

Posted April 16th, 2010 by RandyKochevar
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This is the final blog post from a shark tagging expeidition that happened in fall, 2009.  Thanks again to Paul Rogers of Flinders University, South Australia and the NOAA/NMFS team for taking the time to provide us with such nice writing and great photos.  Sorry I fell behind on getting all the entries posted!  Enjoy!


Big hammerhead out from San Diego on the last set

Biologging collection published today

Posted March 4th, 2010 by RandyKochevar
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One of the most exciting aspects of the TOPP program has been bringing together so many scientists, from so many different areas of expertise, to better understand how marine animals use the ocean.  A highlight of this effort was in September, 2008 when TOPP hosted the Biologging III conference.  A total of 235 attendees representing 20 nations delivered 103 oral and 45 poster presentations, describing a wide variety of biologging applications on 89 different animal species.

Episode 5 -- Shark Tagging with NOAA/NMFS

Posted February 5th, 2010 by RandyKochevar
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This is the second-to-last entry in a series of articles from the NOAA/NMFS shark tagging expedition that took place in fall, 2009.

 

TOPP Collection Goes Live on PLoS

Posted January 14th, 2010 by RandyKochevar
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Happy New Year to everyone!  We’ve finally made it to 2010 – when this first phase of the Census of Marine Life will draw to a close.  It has been an amazing adventure so far, and this year promises to be exciting indeed, as we bring together the results from all our collaborators, and integrate them with the findings of the other Census projects.  We’ll keep you posted as these various integration initiatives come to fruition. 

Episode 4 - Shark Tagging with NOAA/NMFS

Posted December 16th, 2009 by RandyKochevar
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Electropositive metals and shark bycatch

TOPP on the Today Show

Posted November 23rd, 2009 by RandyKochevar
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Last Friday morning, Hopkins Marine Station's Tuna Research and Conservation Center was turned into a TV studio.

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