Site Map Laboratory for Applied Biotelemetry and Biotechnology

The Laboratory for Applied Biotelemetry and Biotechnology at the Department of Marine Biology at Texas A and M University Galveston.

Site Map for frame free navigation and disability access.

Before the hierarchic listing of all pages in this web site, here is a brief summary of the major sections of our site:

The home page has introductory information, as well as links to quite a few image galleries from past research projects. The frame free home page does not have links to all pages on this site, only this site map does.
A single news page has up to date information on new elements on this site or news about our lab.
The projects section is one of the core sections of this site. This is where our current research projects are explained in detail.
The people section has information about all the members of our lab.
The technology section has detailed information about our research approaches and new research developments.
The data and documents section has links to downloadable documents and data.
Finally, the publications section contains listings of publications by lab members, including journal articles, conference presentations and more.

Now the detailed site map:

LABB Frameless Home Page this page contains important introductory and contact information, and some links, but not the bulk of the links to most of the pages on this site. We recommend you visit this frameless home page and then come back to this site map and navigate through our site using this site map if you cannot use frame based navigation.

An overview of Global Warming compiled by the LABB from web-based information resources
Map with directions to LABB
Links A compilation of WWW links to information resources, agencies, and more
LABB Sponsors who is sponsoring our research projects
LABB Web Awards awards our website has won and the Seal of Approval issued by the LABB
LABB Disclaimer, Copyright and Privacy Policy important information about us, our data and images on this site, about the data we collect from visitors to our site, and the disclaimer about contents of linked sites.
LABB mini logos for links you can select from several mini-logo graphics
Image Gallery a short list of links to LABB pages with cool imageswith additional links to:
- Antarctic Wildlife with more links to:
  - The Great White South some old Antarctic B&W pictures
  - The White Island Adventure One year in an Antarctic field camp
    - The Story
  - Into the Abyss inside an Antarctic crevasse
- Galapagos with more links to:
  - The Galapagos Fur Seal Project
  - Life in a Galapagos Field Camp
  - Galapagos Wildlife
  - The Ring of Fire insid an active volcano, with link to:
    - Aleutian Volcanos

News news about the LABB web-site and the LABB

Projects overview over LABB research projects

LABB Projects in the News
Research Permits
LABB funding history
The LHX Project: studying survival of Steller sea lions
- Abstract
- Background background information on Steller sea lions
- Concept the concept of delayed transmission LHX devices
- Objectives what we intend to accomplish
- Hypotheses the specific hypotheses we will test
- Project update where we are
- Literature relevant to the LHX project
The SLiDAP Project: developing a remote imaging network
- Abstract
- Background
- Concept
  - SLiDAP sample test photos
- Objectives
- Hypotheses
- Update
  - SLiDAP pictures of station 5
  - SLiDAP components selected for version 1.0
- Literature
Thermoregulation in Steller sea lions: an experimental approach
- Otariid thermoregulation: a modelling approach
  - Project Abstract
Steller sea lion body composition telemetry
- 3D Steller wire frame model VRML plugin required!
- 3D Steller texture mapped model VRML plugin required!
Steller sea lion optimal foraging
- Video clip downloads
- Preliminary Results:
- More about Steller sea lions with more links to:
  - Steller sea lion aerial survey pictures
Weddell seal foraging
- 2001 Antarctic field season

People overview over who's who in the LABB

Markus Horning LABB director
- Profile
- Publications
- Personal corner with more links to: (the return links will kick you back to the top of this map)
Brian Plankis LABB Research Associate
Wendy Schrader WFSC Masters Student
Jo-Ann Mellish Affiliate LABB Researcher, Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward
Allyson Hindle LABB Research Assistant
Graduated Students: former LABB graduate students
Undergraduate Students: interns and 485 students
- Current Undergraduate Students and Interns
- Past Undergraduate Student and Interns

Technology overview

Sensor Technology overview
- Velocity or swimspeed sensors
- Accelerometer sensors
- ECG heartbeat sensors
- Feeding sensors
- BIA Bio-electric Impedance Analysis
- HFS Heat Flux Sensors
Instrument Technology overview
- Design of instruments and circuitboards
- Casting of instruments in electronic resin
- Attachment of intruments to animals
- Data Transfer from recovered instruments
Experimental Approaches overview
- Life-history Transmitter Tags
- RAT-Link The Roving Archival Tag Link
- Drag Studies
Analytical Approaches
- 3D Photogrammetry
  - 3D Steller texture mapped model VRML plugin required!
- Stroke Analysis swimstroke analysis
- Constraint Lines using constraint lines for threshold analysis
- Randomization innovative statistical procedures for telemetry data
Glossary of Terms
- Become a contributor to the glossary
- List of contributors to the glossary

Data and Documents Downloadable documents and data

Publications Overview

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