Dear Sir/Madam
My name is Sigurdur H. Johannsson, M.Sc. fish-physiology, and I'm working
at a microelectronic company called Star Oddi, stationary in Reykjavik,
Iceland.
I would like to introduce to you technique for animals, mainly fish,
research that you might be interested in, the Data Storage Tags (DST). I
have been working in co-operation with the Marine Research Institute in
Iceland, Norway and the Faeroe Island, the Freshwater Fishery Institute in
Iceland and the University of Iceland. We have been using the tags with
very good results for many years, and have managed to tag relative small
fish, 30 cm, by using the smallest DST from Star Oddi.
My colleagues and I have great experience using electronic tags on fish, if
someone needs any help or good advises regarding tagging technique than we
are more than willing to help out.
The Icelandic DST's has been used on many fish species, like cod, plaice,
salmon, sea trout and arctic charr. Scientists are constantly finding new
applications for the tags, among these are tagging of turtles, birds and
spider crabs. The DST 300 is the smallest and lightest tag available on the
market today, measuring temperature and pressure (depth), and tilt angel as
an option. The measured information's are stored in the tags memory. When
the animal is recaptured the information from the tag can be downloaded
directly to a PC.
The DST 200 tag has been used in many estuarine experiments as the tag has
salinity sensor, as an addition to temperature and pressure sensors. The
main application for DST 200 has been in studying the homing migration of
Atlantic salmon, and the behaviour of arctic charr and sea trout when
migrating from fresh water to sea and back (see studies done by Mr.
Johannes Sturlaugsson and collage on the page "Reference" on our web page).
The DST 200 tag has also been stationary in estuarine around Iceland where
they have been measuring for over one year.
The Icelandic tags are by far the smallest and cheapest on the market,
between 6 and 10 times cheaper than the tags from the main competition
company.
All technical information's about the tags can be found on Star Oddi's home
page http://www.star-oddi.com, and also most of the results from previous
tagging experiments.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or commends.
Best regards,
Sigurdur H. Johannsson M.Sc. Fish-physiology
Star Oddi
Grandagardur 5
IS-101 Reykjavik
Iceland
Tel. +354 551 3444
Fax. +354 551 3480
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http://www.star-oddi.com
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