Behavior of Dermochelys coriacea in captivity (animal carrying dummy PTT in preliminary phase of an ARGOS experiment)
Abstract
The degree to which a turtle would accept the Transat-type ARGOS PTT, and the reliability of the harness securing it to the carapace were tested, using an adult kept in a swimming pool for 36 hr. Its pelagic behavior turns out to be comparable to that in the open sea, the animal appearing unperturbed by the equipment.
- Publication:
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In CNES The 10th ARGOS Users Conference 15 p (SEE N86-32805 24-42
- Pub Date:
- 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985argosconf.....D
- Keywords:
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- Argos System;
- Radio Transmitters;
- Technology Assessment;
- Turtles;
- Wildlife Radiolocation;
- Behavior;
- Harnesses;
- Satellite Observation;
- Communications and Radar