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May 16th, 2012

TOPP Publishes Findings in Nature
In 1999, a bold plan was laid out to establish a broad collaboration among biologists, oceanographers, engineers and computer scientists in the emerging field of “biologging” science. At a work
White Shark Team Takes Census of Northern California Population
The white shark research team has published two papers in the past few days, documenting the ability to recognize individual sharks year after year by the distinctive shapes and markings on their dors
TOPP data to be integrated into Ocean Observing System
Back in the early days of TOPP, one of our goals was to see if it might be possible to one day use the data we get from tagged animals to help us understand the ocean itself.
Antarctic Weddell seal tagging project- Deployments, Take 2
Daniel Costa, Jennifer Burns, Mary Zavanelli, Michelle Shero and Luis Huckstadt, from McMurdo Station, Antarctica -

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September 2008 - October 2009
Mayumba National Park, Gabon. Olive Ridley Sea Turtle tagging
Lead Researcher: Sara Maxwell

November - February 2009
San Nicolas Island, Channel Islands. Calfiornias Sea Lion tagging.
Lead Researchers: Dan Costa and Melinda Fowler

December-March 2009
Año Nuevo State Reserve, Northern California. Northern elephant seal tagging.
Lead Researcher: Daniel Costa

December-March 2009
Año Nuevo State Reserve, Northern California. Northern elephant seal physiology studies.
Lead Researcher: Daniel Crocker

January to March 2009
Isla Lobos, Uruguay
Female Southern Sea Lions. Satellite and GPS tags for tracking and TDRs for dive behavior
Lead Researchers: Dr. Federico Riet Sapriza, Cetáceos Uruguay and Daniel Costa

March- April 2009
Fernandina and Floreana Islands Galapagos, Ecuador.
Galapagos sea lion and Galapagos fur seal; GPS tracking and TDRs for dive behavior
Lead Researchers: Prof Fritz Trillmich, University of Bielefeld, Germany and Daniel Costa

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