Measuring devices on wild animals: what constitutes acceptable practice?

By Rory P. Wilson, C. McMahon. 2006

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Biotelemetry and biologging in endangered species research and animal conservation: relevance to regional, national, and IUCN Red List threat assessments (2008, background): “The ethical considerations of tagging endangered animals is a complex issue, as one of the assumptions of telemetry is that the tagging and presence of the device do not deleteriously affect the individual (Wilson & McMahon 2006).”
Advancing the surgical implantation of electronic tags in fish: a gap analysis and research agenda based on a review of trends in intracoelomic tagging effects studies (2011, background): “Did tagged fish exhibit altered behaviour? Did tagged fish experience tagging-related mortality? More recently, the growing interest in fish welfare (Mulcahy 2003a) and the need to maintain the welfare status of fish involved in research, including those implanted with electronic tags, has promoted ”
Spotting the difference: towards fully-automated population monitoring of African penguins Spheniscus demersus (2010, background): “A growing number of authors and organisations recognise that the methods involved in animal research and wildlife management may not be wholly benign for the individuals or populations concerned (e.g. Cuthill 1991, Wilson & McMahon 2006).”
A trial of three harness attachment methods and their suitability for long-term use on Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Great Skuas (2014, methodology): “…the length of time that devices are deployed and thus the attachment method used can all potentially influence the behaviour, physiology, reproduction and survival of birds (Wilson & McMahon 2006, Barron et al 2010, Passos et al 2010, Vandenabeele et al 2011, Walker et al 2012, Bridge et al 2013).”
Calculating the ecological impacts of animal‐borne instruments on aquatic organisms (2013, background): “…in Ecology and Evolution, 4, 1178–1186 Tag attachments have been shown to increase the drag of marine animals (Watson & Granger 1998; Hanson 2001; Wilson et al. 2004; Hazekamp, Mayer & Osinga 2010; Jones et al. 2011) likely leading to increases in energy expenditure (Wilson & McMahon 2006).”
When three per cent may not be three per cent; device-equipped seabirds experience variable flight constraints (2012, methodology): “1995) and via changes in time constraints (see Culik and Wilson 1992) in addition to physical injuries (e.g. Greenwood and Sargeant 1973; Buehler et al. 1995; Wilson and McMahon 2006).”
Perspectives in Ornithology: Application of tracking and data-logging technology in research and conservation of seabirds (2009, positive): “…al. 1997a, Ryan and Boix-Hinzen 1999). limiTATions of dATA loggers And TelemeTry The effects on birds of carrying attached or implanted devices cannot be overlooked, for ethical reasons, and because the devices may affect the parameters being measured (Wilson et al. 2002a, Wilson and McMahon 2006).”
A review of shark satellite tagging studies (2011, background): “Transmitters have been linked with abnormal swimming behavior and increased energetic demands in dolphins (e.g. Irvine et al., 1982) and marine birds (e.g. Wilson et al., 1986; Wilson and McMahon, 2006).”
Marine mammal conservation: over the horizon (2021, background): “(2) Improved tag hydrodynamics and bio-compatibility with minimally invasive attachments to limit energetic consequences of carrying a tag (Kyte et al. 2019), thus helping to mitigate tag effects in biologging data and welfare concerns (Wilson & McMahon 2006, Horning et al. 2017).”
Satellite tracking of the World's largest bony fish, the ocean sunfish (Mola mola L.) in the North East Atlantic (2009, background): “With these attributes we mightexpectthattheimpactof devices on their behaviourwould be less than for smaller species and pursuit predators, where increased drag could heavily impact behaviour ( Wilson and McMahon, 2006 ).”
Satellite telemetry of marine megavertebrates: the coming of age of an experimental science (2009, methodology): “Thus, we refer the readers to other recent reviews of bio-logging and marine wildlife tracking (Schreer et al. 2001, RopertCoudert & Wilson 2005, Wilson & McMahon 2006, Hooker et al. 2007).”
A phylogenetically controlled meta‐analysis of biologging device effects on birds: Deleterious effects and a call for more standardized reporting of study data (2017, background): “…welfare have previously sought to address this issue (Casper, 2009; Phillips, Silk, Croxall, Afanasyev, & Briggs, 2004; Vandenabeele et al., 2012; Wilson & McMahon, 2006), some rules- of- thumb, such as the 5% or 3% proportion of body mass that devices may not exceed, have become accepted…”
Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean: Birds and Marine Mammals in a Changing Climate (2020, background): “However, these interactions tend to be time limited and individual animals are typically manipulated once or twice in a season (Wilson and McMahon, 2006; McMahon et al., 2012).”
A review of the effects of different marking and tagging techniques on marine mammals (2012, background): “Wilson and McMahon (2006) suggested that ‘measures to quantify the stress of capture and device attachment in wild animals should routinely be included in proposals for field work’.”
Diving into the world of biologging (2009, background): “In this context, researchers are becoming more aware of deleterious effects caused by instruments (e.g. McMahon et al. 2008) and have proposed guidelines to minimize these effects as much as possible (for reviews see Hawkins 2004, Wilson & McMahon 2006).”
Guidelines for the instrumentation of wild birds and mammals. (2009, background): “This is because handling alone is likely to cause some stress to wild animals and also because some energetic cost is associated with carrying an extra load (Murray & Fuller 2000; Kenward 2001; Wilson & McMahon 2006).”