Insight

Explanations | Project Profiles | Library | Links | Questions?

This section contains a variety of articles, explanations and links intended to provide additional insight into the fascinating world of fish and wildlife tracking. We hope that it will help to answer some of the questions that may occur to you as you browse our web site.

Haven't found the answer to your question on our site? Please let us know what information we can add here to enhance your understanding of our products and technologies.

Explanations

Articles containing explanations of our tracking technologies:

Telemetry System Design Overview: An explanation of manual tracking and fixed station datalogging.
Keeping Track with Digital Encoding: A description and explanation of Lotek's Digitally Encoded Radio Telemetry System.
Electromyogram / Temperature Transmitter: An explanation of Lotek's EMG system.
Correcting light at depth (PDF): A paper on inferring the surface irradiance from measurements made at depth with Lotek LTD 2000 geolocation archival tags.
Locating tuna in the open ocean (PDF): A paper describing the use of LTD 2000 geolocation archival tags to determine daily latitude and longitude estimations based on observed sunlight levels.

Project Profiles

We've posted a collection of Project Profiles to give you an idea of the type of research that can be done - and the type of information that can be obtained - using Lotek monitoring systems. This portfolio was compiled by our consulting branch, who acted as consultants on these projects.

Library

For additional information on Lotek products and services, we invite you to visit our Document Library, which contains a number of articles for online viewing or downloading. Categories of documents include:

Case studies: Descriptions of various research projects conducted with the aid of Lotek tracking equipment.
Product sheets: Information and technical specifications for some of our products.
Other information: A variety of other flyers and handouts related to fish and wildlife tracking systems.

Links

Go to our Links page to visit some other interesting web sites related to fish and wildlife tracking. Link categories include:

Lotek partners
Related products
Technology basics
Published research
Telemetry
Conservation
Sustainability

... and more!

Questions?

Got a question that we haven't answered yet? Want to suggest an article or a link on a new topic that isn't covered here? Please feel free to share your question or comment by filling out the Inquiry Form on our Contact page. We appreciate your feedback!

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