Effects of satellite-linked telemetry tags on humpback whales in the Gulf of Maine: photographic assessment of tag sites
F. M. D. Gulland, Jooke Robbins, Alexandre Zerbini, Virginia Andrews-Goff, Martine Berube, Phillip Clapham, Michael Double, Nicholas Gales, A. S. Kennedy, Scott Landry, David Mattila, Doug Sandilands, Jennifer Tackaberry, Marcela Uhart, R. E. T. Vanstreels
This study assesses the effects of satellite-linked telemetry tags on humpback whales, finding that integrated tags caused less severe tissue damage than non-integrated ones.
bioRxiv · Feb 7, 2024Ecology