I know that Fastloc is much more accurate than Argos, and this problem may cause a lot of big biases. Can you describe why we still should use Argos data?
Dear Zhanna,
An interesting study for you would be this: Article Accuracy of ARGOS locations of pinnipeds at sea estimated us...
Costa et al. write in their discussion:" Although Fastloc GPS drastically improves the quality of tracking data of diving marine animals and will facilitate analyses at smaller spatio-temporal scales, the abundance of historic ARGOS tracking records and relative ease of ARGOS tracking (i.e. no recapture requirement) will ensure a continued demand for analytical approaches using these data. "
Hope this helps!
Thank you very much, Cosmin!
Didn't we got rid of recapture requirements for modern Fastloc GPS?
I thought we did.
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