Laurens Howle - Storming Media

Improving Attachments of Non-Invasive (Type III) Electronic Data Loggers to Cetaceans - Year Two Progress Report

30 Sep 2012

14 pages

Authors: Michael Moore; Alex Shorter; Tom Hurst; Alessandro Bocconcelli; Mark Johnson; Peter Tyack; Dan Rittschof; Douglas Nowacek; Laurens Howle; WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA

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The overall goal of this project is to increase the longevity of suction cup attachments for short term archival tags such as the DTAG. Specifically, we are working to extend the routine attachment duration for suction-cup tags to multiple days, if not weeks. Our approach is divided into four subtasks: Task 1: Forces and failure modes in suction cup attachments. Define assays to investigate cup failure modes. Task II: Assessing ...

Improving Attachments of Non-Invasive (Type III) Electronic Data Loggers to Cetaceans

30 Sep 2011

13 pages

Authors: Michael Moore; Alex Shorter; Mark Johnson; Peter Tyack; Tom Hurst; Alessandro Bocconcelli; Dan Rittschof; Douglas Nowacek; Laurens Howle; WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA

The overall goal of this project is to increase the longevity of suction cup attachments for short term archival tags such as the DTAG. Specifically, we are working to extend the routine attachment duration for suction cup tags to multiple days, if not weeks. Methods will be developed to extend tag attachment by streamlining tag housings, selecting appropriate materials for tag/cup assembly, improving suction cup design, understanding the behavior of ...