Discovery Metadata

Moorings - With Data / Total Deployed

1 / 1

4 / 1

Acoustic Tags - Released

1

8

Qualified Acoustic Tags - Detected / Detections

1 / 26002

8 / 48138

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Citation

Stokesbury, M., Harvey-Clark, C., Gallant, J., Branton, R. 2009. Greenland Shark and Elasmobranch Education and Research Group St. Lawrence River Estuary Tag Release and Receiver Deployment. In: Smith, P.C., Kocik, J., O'Dor, R., Alverson, K., Whoriskey, F., Branton, R. 2008. Ocean Tracking Network Northwest Atlantic Metadata and Data Series. Retrieved February 03, 2011 from www.oceantrackingnetwork.org.

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Status

Completed - Date Last Collected: 2005-08-19, Date Last Modified: 2010-05-06.

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Taxonomic Coverage

Somniosus microcephalus / Greenland shark

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Geographic Coverage

Latitude, 50 to 49; Longitude, -68 to -69

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Temporal Coverage

2004 to 2005

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Data Summary

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Abstract

Three Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) were tagged with electronic tags, in Baie St. Pancrace, St. Lawrence Estuary, Quebec, Canada. One shark was tagged on 23 July 2004, with an acoustic telemetry tag. Two sharks were each tagged with a pop-up satellite archival tag (PSAT) on 27 August 2004 (not included with these data). Two of the sharks remained in or close to the bay, one for 47 days and the other for at least 66 days. The third shark left the bay immediately after tagging on 27 August 2004. This shark entered the main channel of the St. Lawrence Estuary, and had moved 114.9 km upstream by 1 November 2004 when the tag reported to ARGOS satellites. The tags provided a total of 179 days of data on the movement and environmental preferences of Greenland sharks in the St. Lawrence Estuary.

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Descriptive Keywords

Acoustic Tag Detection, Acoustic Tag Release, Planned Station, Receiver Deployment.

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Data Centre

Ocean Tracking Network Data Centre, Halifax Canada / otndc@dal.ca

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Scientific Contacts

Michael Stokesbury / Mike.Stokesbury@AcadiaU.ca

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Related URLs

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