Journal article
How to tag a jellyfish? A methodological review and guidelines to successful jellyfish tagging
Journal of Plankton Research, Vol.38(6), pp.1347-1363
2016
Abstract
Jellyfish have become a topic of interest of many marine scientists and managers alike due to their conspicuous socio-economic and environmental impacts. However, our knowledge about their "everyday life" remains limited. While electronic tags (transmitters and loggers) have been extensively used to study marine vertebrates for the past 50 years, tagging is still in its infancy for marine invertebrates and jellyfish in particular. Progress has been hampered by the difficulty and limited knowledge of attaching tags to soft-bodied animals. We argue that there is huge potential to use tagging to gather basic information on the ecology and behaviour of these species. Here, we give an overview of what has been learned so far by deploying tags on jellyfish, and why tagging is an appropriate method to study their behaviour and ecology. We then describe different tagging techniques, their advantages, disadvantages and challenges, and the steps to ensure future successful jellyfish tagging studies.
Details
- Title
- How to tag a jellyfish? A methodological review and guidelines to successful jellyfish tagging
- Authors/Creators
- S. Fossette (Author/Creator) - The University of Western AustraliaK. Katija (Author/Creator) - Monterey Bay Aquarium Research InstituteJ.A. Goldbogen (Author/Creator) - Stanford UniversityS. Bograd (Author/Creator) - NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Fisheries Science CenterW. Patry (Author/Creator) - California State University, Monterey BayM.J. Howard (Author/Creator) - California State University, Monterey BayT. Knowles (Author/Creator) - California State University, Monterey BayS.H.D. Haddock (Author/Creator) - Monterey Bay Aquarium Research InstituteL. Bedell (Author/Creator) - Stanford UniversityE.L. Hazen (Author/Creator) - NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Fisheries Science CenterB.H. Robison (Author/Creator) - Monterey Bay Aquarium Research InstituteT.A. Mooney (Author/Creator) - Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionK.A. Shorter (Author/Creator) - University of MichiganT. Bastian (Author/Creator) - Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de GéosciencesA.C. Gleiss (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- Journal of Plankton Research, Vol.38(6), pp.1347-1363
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Identifiers
- 991005544823407891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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