The CART Series: Combined Acoustic/Radio Transmitters

Compatible with acoustic (JSATS, MAP, Rcode) and coded radio (SRX 400, 600, DL) receiving technology. An invaluable tool for tracking aquatic species that move between marine and fresh water or between shallow and deep fresh water environments.

A single tag permits continuous tracking of aquatic species through multiple environments and receiving systems. Lotek experience in Radio, Acoustic, Archival and Satellite telemetry has naturally evolved to multi-mode products. Lotek is continuously expanding fish and wildlife tracking capability by combining different telemetry technologies.

The CART Series combines acoustic and radio technology permitting researchers to efficiently track their animals from the headwaters to the open oceans and everywhere between.

• Allows researchers to leverage existing receiver infrastructuire and share data with colleagues thereby reducing costs and impact on species.
• For use in all environments, including shallow and deep freshwater, estuaries and coastal/open oceans.
• Combines radio and acoustic transmission on a single device thereby elliminating the need for double tagging.
• Compatible with multiple acoustic receiving systems, including JSATS, MAP and Rcode, and coded radio (SRX 400, 600, DL) systems.
• Compatible with both coastal scale and fine scale wireless acoustic positioning systems (ALPS asynchronous logger positioning system).
• Available in ID-only or ID plus sensors (temperature, pressure/depth, motion).
• Flexible duty cycle (acoustic/radio and multi-sensor) to optimize detection rates and data acquisition.
• Rapid transmission rates (e.g. 5 seconds) for efficient mobile tracking and high resolution 2D/3D positioning.

• Studies of migration activity of anadromous species from the ocean to the spawning site
• Studies of lake dwellers moving between shallow and deep freshwater.
• Microhabitat utilization and species interaction.
• Manual tracking, autonomous datalogging, presence/absence and 2D/3D positioning.
• Monitoring of fish entrainment around hydro facilities during migration.

Notes on specifications

Tolerance on all specifications is ±5%
Warranty life is defined as 80% of the calculated life and begins the day of shipment.
Maximum warranty life is 3 years.
Calculated life given for 76 KHz operation; 200 KHz (MC-series only) will have longer life (25-100% longer)
Sensors available in MAP Acoustic and SRX Radio modes only.
Sensor length and weight are in addition to the ID-only specifications.
* Sensor weight increase 0.5g for 8.5 mm diameter tag and 3g for 16 mm diameter tag.