What can seabirds tell us about the tide?

Cooper, Matthew; Bishop, Charles; Lewis, Matthew; Bowers, David; Bolton, Mark; Owen, Ellie; Dodd, Stephen

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-1483-2018

Articles | Volume 14, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-1483-2018

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Developments in the science and history of tides (OS/ACP/HGSS/NPG/SE...

https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-1483-2018

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29 Nov 2018

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What can seabirds tell us about the tide?

Matthew Cooper, Charles Bishop, Matthew Lewis, David Bowers, Mark Bolton, Ellie Owen, and Stephen Dodd

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Comments on seabirds and the tides', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Sep 2018
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer 1', Matt COOPER, 12 Oct 2018
RC2: 'What can seabirds tell us about the tide?', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Sep 2018
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer 2', Matt COOPER, 12 Oct 2018
AC1: 'Response to reviewer 1', Matt COOPER, 12 Oct 2018
- RC3: 'response to reply letter', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Oct 2018
  - AC3: 'Response to reviewer 1', Matt COOPER, 25 Oct 2018
AC2: 'Response to reviewer 2', Matt COOPER, 12 Oct 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Matt Cooper on behalf of the Authors (25 Oct 2018) Author's response

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (01 Nov 2018) by Richard Ray

AR by Matt Cooper on behalf of the Authors (01 Nov 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

This paper describes a feasibility study carried out to determine if information gathered for one discipline could be repurposed to provide insight in another. Data gathered during a study of bird distribution were used to investigate whether these same data could be used to measure tidal current velocities and direction. The paper concludes that there is potential to use GPS-tagged birds as drifters of opportunity and that interdisciplinary sharing of data can provide additional insight.