Biotelemetry Laboratory: Mission, Projects, People

Mission:

The utilization of state-of-art tracking technologies with geographic information systems to understand fundamental physiological, behavioral, and ecological processes. We have tracked species ranging from minnows to white sharks to harbor seals with ultrasonic, radio, archival, and satellite tags as well as detected them with automated monitors. Our studies aim to elucidate the link between an animal's behavior and its social and physical environment.

Department of Wildife, Fish, & Conservation Biology
University of California, Davis
1334 Academic Surge Bldg.
Davis, California 95616

Phone: (530) 752-5830

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Projects

Movements of green sturgeon relative to spawning habitat in the Sacramento River

Identification of migratory pathway of hammerhead sharks for creation of marine protected areas

Habitat selection by harbor seals in San Francisco and San Pablo Bays

Trophic interactions among large pelagic fishes at seamounts in the southern Gulf of California

Survival and Migratory Patterns of Central Valley Juvenile Salmonids

Short-term movements of rockfish between kelp forests in marine reserves

Biological studies of white sharks at Guadalupe Island, Mexico

The effects of pulsed flows from hydroelectric plants on fish in the American River

Juvenile bottlenose dolphin social development and ecological and behavioral influences on survival in Sarasota Bay, FL

Personnel

Dr. A. Peter Klimley, Director

John E. Richert

Emma K. Grigg

James T. Ketchum

Joseph C. Heublein

Katherine McHugh

Phil Sandstrom

E. Mauricio Hoyos Padilla

M. Constanza Ribot Carballal

Affiliated Members

Dr. John T. Kelly

Dr. Salvador J. Jorgensen

Sarah Hamilton