Drones Use Tap and Go to Tag Whales Efficiently

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Article URL: http://plos.io/4meypZo

Article title: Drone-based application of whale tags: A "tap-and-go" approach for scientific animal-borne investigations

Author countries: U.S., Dominica, Canada

Funding: This study was financially supported by Project CETI ( https://www.projectceti.org ) via Dalio Philanthropies ( https://www.daliophilanthropies.org ), OceanX ( https://oceanx.org ), Sea Grape Foundation ( http://www.seagrapefoundation.org ), Virgin Unite ( https://unite.virgin.com ) and Rosamund Zander/Hansjorg Wyss in the form of grants received by DFG, SG and RW through The Audacious Project: a collaborative funding initiative housed at TED ( https://www.audaciousproject.org ). This study was also financially supported by the National Geographic Society ( https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society ) in the form of a grant (NGS-72337T-20) received by DFG, SG and RW. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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