{"id":1476,"date":"2015-05-17T20:27:41","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T20:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/superpod.ml.duke.edu\/read\/?p=1476"},"modified":"2017-07-24T18:38:51","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T18:38:51","slug":"satellite-tagging-off-cape-hatteras-summer-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nicholas.duke.edu\/read\/2015\/05\/17\/satellite-tagging-off-cape-hatteras-summer-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Satellite Tagging off Cape Hatteras &#8211; Summer 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This spring we are once\u00a0again deploying satellite tags on whales and dolphins off Cape Hatteras with Daniel Webster from the Cascadia Research Collective. Yesterday (May 16th) was our first day of real work and we managed to deploy three satellite tags on short-finned pilot whales. \u00a0Two of the tags will transmit locations only and the third tag will also send information about the whale&#8217;s diving behavior. \u00a0We were able to obtain small biopsies of skin and superficial blubber that will allow us to determine the sex and reproductive status of the tagged whales.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1479\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1479\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/superpod.ml.duke.edu\/read\/files\/2015\/05\/Satellite-Tag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1479 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/superpod.ml.duke.edu\/read\/files\/2015\/05\/Satellite-Tag-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Satellite Tag\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Short-finned pilot whale equipped with a SPOT satellite tag off Cape Hatteras. Photo by A.J. Read<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the pilot whales, which were numerous offshore yesterday, we encountered bottlenose dolphins and a solitary Risso&#8217;s dolphin. \u00a0Scalloped hammerhead sharks were common amongst the pilot whales, as they usually are, and we also saw a couple of large manta rays.\u00a0And, finally, we also sighted small numbers of sooty and greater shearwaters and Wilson&#8217;s storm petrels.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1480\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/superpod.ml.duke.edu\/read\/files\/2015\/05\/Sooty-Shearwater.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1480 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/superpod.ml.duke.edu\/read\/files\/2015\/05\/Sooty-Shearwater-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Sooty Shearwater\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sooty shearwater off Cape Hatteras. Photo by A.J. Read<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This work involves very early mornings, and a long transit to and from Oregon Inlet to our study site 35 nautical miles from shore. We usually leave the dock at 6:00 AM and are at the shelf break by 8:30 or so, returning home before 6:00 PM, so that we can fuel up the R\/V Richard T. Barber for the next day. So, very long days, but it is worth it for the amazing experience to be surrounded by pilot whales offshore.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1478\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1478\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/superpod.ml.duke.edu\/read\/files\/2015\/05\/Pilot-Whales-With-Neonate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1478 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/superpod.ml.duke.edu\/read\/files\/2015\/05\/Pilot-Whales-With-Neonate-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Pilot Whales With Neonate\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Group of short-finned pilot whales with a neonate off Cape Hatteras. Photo by Heather Foley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to support from the U.S.\u00a0Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic for making this work happen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This spring we are once\u00a0again deploying satellite tags on whales and dolphins off Cape Hatteras with Daniel Webster from the Cascadia Research Collective. 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