The Pacific Ocean’s ‘corridors of life’
(06-22) 14:36 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — Two broad and unmarked ocean highways where countless sea creatures migrate, feed, mate and reproduce, have been discovered across the Pacific by scientists tuning in to thousands of radio signals.
The calls have come from electronic tags fitted on the Pacific’s top predators - sharks and whales and the wandering albatross, for example. In all, the 23 most important of those creatures - in the water and the air - have revealed a far more complete picture of the behavior patterns and environments of the ocean’s animals than the fragmentary information known before to science.
Fascinating findings from the team of scientists involved in the International Project known as TOPP - Tagging Of Pacific Predators. Unravelling the mysteries of the ocean!
California Sea Lions were also tagged as part of the TOPP Project