Dr William P. Kay
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Biotelemetry


Throughout my research I have deployed animal tracking devices on wild animals. I am hence experienced in various attachment methods and the requirements for successful tag attachment, for example cleaning and preparing the site for attachment.
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I have developed and built my own bespoke devices tracking devices including using remote release systems (galvanic timed releases, GTRs). Through having built my own equipment I have developed skills in soldering, building floatation devices, 3D tag design, and the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to study tag impact.

I am competent with biologging device functioning, including programming and calibration, data download, processing (including time and date offsets and filtering), and data cleaning.
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In having deployed numerous biologging devices I have become well versed in preparing the equipment, such as tag testing, tag priming, and SD card programming.

I have experience with the following equipment:​
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  • Daily Dairies
  • Fastloc-GPS Devices
  • Time-Depth Recorders (TDRs)
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Very High Frequency (VHF) Radio Transmitters
  • Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Radio Transmitters
  • ARGOS Satellite Transmitters
  • Galvanic-Timed Releases (GTRs)
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  • Home
  • About me
  • News
  • CV
    • Academic Roles
    • Awards and Grants
    • Education
    • Employment History
    • Policy
    • Posters and Presentations
    • Professional Memberships
    • Publications
    • Qualifications
    • Volunteering
    • Workshops
  • Research
    • Educational
    • Ecological
    • Collaborations
    • Research Groups
  • Teaching
    • Overview
    • FHEA
    • AFHEA
    • Supervision
  • Fieldwork
    • Biotelemetry
    • Emergency Procedures
    • First Aid
    • Logistics
    • Field Positions
    • Marine Flora and Fauna
    • Monitoring
    • Seamanship
    • SCUBA Diving
  • Media & Press
  • Gallery
    • Data Visualisation
    • Wildlife Photography
    • Work Portfolio
  • Contact
    • References