Discovery Metadata

Range: Latitude, 67 to -40; Longitude, 177 to -180
Ocean(s): ARCTIC, E INDIAN, GLOBAL, MEDITERRANEAN, MID PACIFIC, NE ATLANTIC, NE PACIFIC, NW ATLANTIC, NW PACIFIC, SE ATLANTIC, SE PACIFIC, SOUTHERN, SW ATLANTIC, SW PACIFIC, W INDIAN.
Countrie(s): ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, BERMUDA, CANADA, CHILE, DENMARK, FRANCE, IODE, JAPAN, PORTUGAL, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, USA.

Citation

O'Dor, R., Alverson, K., Whoriskey, F., Branton, R. 2008. Ocean Tracking Network Global Metadata and Data Atlas. Retrieved February 06, 2011 from www.oceantrackingnetwork.org.

Status

Taxonomic Coverage

Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus / Atlantic sturgeon, Amblyraja hyperborea / Arctic skate, Anguilla rostrata / American eel, Carcharodon carcharias / great white shark, Dermochelys coriacea / leatherback turtle, Gadus morhua / Atlantic cod, Halichoerus grypus / grey seal, Morone saxatilis / striped bass, Oncorhynchus nerka / Sockeye salmon, Pagrus auratus / pink snapper, Reinhardtius hippoglossoides / Greenland halibut, Salmo salar / Atlantic salmon, Salvelinus alpinus / Arctic char, Somniosus microcephalus / Greenland shark, Squalus acanthias / spiny dogfish, Thunnus maccoyii / southern bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus / northern bluefin tuna

Geographic Coverage

Temporal Coverage

Range: 1999 to 2011
Last Collection Date: 2011-01-15
Last Modified Date: 2011-01-25

Abstract

The Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) is a global project headquartered at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. OTN researchers worldwide are pressing for standards and protocols to allow universal storage and sharing of a broad spectrum of biological and physical oceanographic information. Where animals go, what conditions they experience, how they interact, and how individual behaviours change on timescales relevant to climate change is information that scientists and managers need in order to protect and restore ocean productivity. OTN intends to deliver these as part of the permanent monitoring functions of the Global Ocean Observing System. OTN is a pilot project of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) and is itself organized into 14 ocean regions.

Descriptive Keywords

Activities: Acoustic Tag Releases, Receiver Deployments, Satellite Tag Releases, Sentinel Tag Deployments, Station Planning.
Instruments: ADCP Profilers, CPOD Receivers, V16 Tags, V92X Tags, V9 Tags, VR2 Receivers, VR2W Receivers, VR2w Receivers, VR3 Receivers, VR4 Receivers.
MachineData: Acoustic Tag Detections, Satellite Tag Detections, Temperature and Depth Detections.
Tags: V13, V13P, V13TP, V16, V16P, V16TP, V16tp, V6, V7, V8, V9, V9P, V9TP.

Related Publications

• Ron O'Dor et al, Cutting Edge Technology on a Global Scale, Jounal of Ocean Technology Vol 3, No. 2, 2008, St Johns NL Canada
• O'Dor R., M. Stokesbury, The Ocean Tracking Network – Adding Marine Animal Movements to the Global Ocean Observing System

Data Centre

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

Scientific Contacts

Technical Contacts

Related URLs

GET DATA: OceanTrackingNetwork.kmz

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