What is the ocean's 'twilight zone' and how are elephant seals helping to monitor it?
Elephant seals are being used as nature's artificial intelligence to monitor the health of the oceans -- especially the ...
Ocean Guardians: How elephant seals are acting as 'smart sensors' for scientists to unlock ocean secrets
Elephant seals are now key players in ocean research. Fitted with smart sensors, these massive marine mammals are helping ...
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Elephant seals provide a window into the ocean’s twilight zone
A new study suggests that elephant seals can serve as “smart sensors” for monitoring fish populations in the ocean’s twilight ...
Foraging seals enable scientists to measure fish abundance across the vast Pacific Ocean
A new study led by UC Santa Cruz marine biologist Roxanne Beltran to be published as the February 14 cover story for Science ...
Seals Can Act As 'Smart Sensors' For Monitoring Fish Population: Study
A new study by marine biologists reports that seals can essentially act as 'smart sensors' for monitoring fish populations in ...
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Northern elephant seals help scientists explore the twilight zone
Scientists have a different idea of the twilight zone. To them, it’s an area of the open ocean where most fish live – depths of 650 to 3,200 feet.
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How marine biologists are using elephant seals as nature's 'artificial intelligence'
Elephant seals are being used as nature's artificial intelligence to monitor the health of the oceans -- especially the little-known "twilight zone," an ecosystem abundant with fish that could ...
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“Not Common in South Africa”: Cape Town Beachgoer Spots Giant Elephant Seal
A man at a beach near Gordon's Bay in the Western Cape shared a video of a large elephant seal making its way to shore. Some ...
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Elephant seals in the Pacific serve as deep-ocean sentinels, revealing patterns otherwise hard to measure
Northern elephant seals may hold the key to unlocking the secrets of the open ocean’s twilight zone (~200 – 1,000 meters deep). According to a new study, these deep-diving creatures can help estimate ...
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Foraging seals enable scientists to measure fish abundance across the vast Pacific Ocean
Northern elephant seals serve as effective "smart sensors" for monitoring fish populations in the ocean's twilight zone, a region between 200 and 1,000 meters deep.