Table 1 List and characteristics of the PTTs included in the dataset
From: Improving Argos Doppler location using multiple-model smoothing
Type of mobile | Number of platforms | Number of locations | Data owner and references | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Argos | GPS | |||
Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) | 5 | 3759 | 8250 | Neil and Liz Baker (Tanzania Bird Atlas, P.O. Box 1605, Iringa, Tanzania) |
Goose (Anser indicus) | 55 | 21,220 | 80,980 | Lucy Hawkes (University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, TR10 9EZ, UK), Charles Bishop (Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DG, UK) and Pat Butler (University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK) [18] |
Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) | 10 | 2180 | 4144 | Moses Selebatso (Western Kgalagadi Conservation Corridor Project) |
Bighorn (Ovis canadensis) | 13 | 2159 | 1704 | Norv Dallin (Nevada Department of Wildlife, Eastern Region, 60 Youth Center Drive, 89801 Elko, NV, USA) |
Flatback turtle (Natator depressus) | 19 | 24,205 | 21,809 | Kellie Pendoley (Pendoley Environmental Pty Ltd, 2/1 Aldous Place, Booragoon, WA 6154) |
Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) | 24 | 15,959 | 13,340 | Simon Benhamou (Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, U.M.R. 5175 Montpellier, France) [19] |
Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) | 9 | 1680 | 3027 | Daniel Costa (Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Institute of Marine Sciences, Long Marine Lab University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, California, USA) [20] |
Elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris, Mirounga leonina) | 26 | 13,120 | 62,664 | Daniel Costa [21] Christophe Guinet (Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France) [22, 23] |
Ship | 23 | 23,404 | 36,425 | Various |
Drifter | 44 | 54,817 | 175,633 | Luca Centurioni (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Physical Oceanography Research Division, 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0213, La Jolla, CA, 92093 USA) |
Total | 228 | 162,503 | 430,370 | |