History of Marine Mammal Tagging
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چکیده
This brief review is just that a far from definitive overview of the development of tagging as a tool for studying marine mammals, based on a quick and superficial review of the literature. My intention is simply to give participants a broad appreciation for some of the questions that have been addressed by tagging, what kinds of challenges have arisen in designing and applying tags to wild marine mammals, and where things stand at present in terms of tag development and deployment.
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