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    • Scientist downloading sea stars (starfish) tag data to computer
    Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Published 17 September 2009 Size: 70 KB Referencing Hub media

    Dr Miles Lamare has placed the tag in a special communication box (to the right of his laptop). Special software on the laptop retrieves and interprets information from the tag via infrared.

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      Tagging sea stars

      Electronic tagging of marine animals is common, but tagging marine invertebrates is very unusual! For example, in 1998, an estimated 11,800 marine animals were tagged electronically, and only 35 ...

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