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Development of remote observation system for studying the ecology of marine animals

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K14793
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Aquatic bioproduction science
Research InstitutionNational Institute of Polar Research

Principal Investigator

Takahashi Akinori  国立極地研究所, 研究教育系, 准教授 (40413918)

Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) NAITO Yasuhiko  国立極地研究所, 名誉教授 (80017087)
Research Collaborator ADACHI Taiki  東京大学, 理学系研究科・日本学術振興会, 特別研究員PD (20756176)
COSTA Daniel  カリフォルニア大学・サンタクルーズ校, 教授
ROBINSON Patrick  カリフォルニア大学・サンタクルーズ校, 講師
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Keywords海洋生態 / 動物行動 / バイオロギング
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Marine animals are often difficult to observe directly, and a remote observation system via satellite link is needed to advance their ecological studies. However, data transmission capacity of satellites is limited and it is important to obtain maximal amount of key ecological information summarized in small amount of transmitted data. We therefore developed data loggers to summarize the information on prey captures from the event recordings of characteristic acceleration signals and the information on prey species from limited amount of video data using acceleration-trigger system to start video recordings. We successfully applied these techniques on northern elephant seals to obtain information about the frequency and depth of prey captures as well as prey species during seals’ foraging migrations over North Pacific.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2017 2016 2015 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of California Santa Cruz(米国)

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of California, Santa Cruz(米国)

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Searching for prey in a three-dimensional environment: hierarchical movements enhance foraging success in northern elephant seals2017

    • Author(s)
      Taiki Adachi, Daniel P. Costa, Patrick W. Robinson, Sarah H. Peterson, Masato Yamamichi, Yasuhiko Naito and Akinori Takahashi
    • Journal Title

      Functional Ecology

      Volume: 31 Issue: 2 Pages: 361-369

    • DOI

      10.1111/1365-2435.12686

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Summing the strokes: energy economy in northern elephant seals during large-scale foraging migrations2015

    • Author(s)
      Maresh J, Adachi T, Takahashi A, Naito Y, Crocker D, Horning M, Williams T, Costa D
    • Journal Title

      Movement Ecology

      Volume: 3 Issue: 1 Pages: 22-22

    • DOI

      10.1186/s40462-015-0049-2

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A deep-diving seal expands whiskers for active prey-sensing in the dark ocean2016

    • Author(s)
      Adachi T, Naito Y, Robinson P, Costa D, Takahashi A
    • Organizer
      The 7th Symposium on Polar Science
    • Place of Presentation
      National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-29
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Prey species of female northern elephant seals during their post-breeding migrations, as observed by video data loggers2016

    • Author(s)
      Yoshino K, Adachi T, Naito Y, Robinson P, Costa D, Takahashi A
    • Organizer
      The 7th Symposium on Polar Science
    • Place of Presentation
      National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-29
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ビデオロガーを用いた回遊中のキタゾウアザラシの採餌行動に関する研究2016

    • Author(s)
      吉野薫、安達大輝、内藤靖彦、Robinson P、 Costa D、高橋晃周
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会第35回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      新潟大学、新潟市
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-11
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Bio‐Logging: studying wildlife in the ocean from an ‘animal's‐eye’ view2016

    • Author(s)
      Takahashi A
    • Organizer
      The 5th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science
    • Place of Presentation
      Inuyama International Sightseeing center, Inuyama, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-04
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] How fast do seals dive? Diurnal cycles in the swim speed of northern elephant seals driven by changes in foraging depths2015

    • Author(s)
      Adachi T, Robinson PW, Peterson SH, Costa DP, Naito Y, Takahashi A
    • Organizer
      The 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
    • Place of Presentation
      Hilton San Francisco Union Square, USA
    • Year and Date
      2015-12-13
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] キタゾウアザラシの繁殖後回遊と換毛後回遊における採餌行動の比較2015

    • Author(s)
      吉野薫, 安達大輝, 内藤靖彦, Patrick Robinson, Daniel Costa, 髙橋晃周
    • Organizer
      日本動物行動学会第34回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京海洋大学、東京
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-20
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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