If you have been following the work and posts from the shark research team in Donegal you may have heard them say they have been deploying accelerometer tags onto basking sharks. But what exactly is an accelerometer tag? How does it work and what can it tell us about basking shark ecology and behaviour? Did you know the accelerometer technology we use to observe shark behaviour in the wild is the same technology at work when your smart phone knows you have turned your screen sideways?? Here is an interview with Nick Whitney from Mote Marine Laboratory in Florida explaining all you need to know about accelerometers (almost).
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:29:52 +0000
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