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Biosensors for Real-time Sensing of the Marine Environment

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Current efforts to track marine animals primarily depend on rigid and heavy tags that require invasive attachment techniques. This project will build a lightweight, non-invasive tag.

Adopting skin-like sensors used to develop wearable technology such as activity trackers, the researchers will develop a small wearable multisensory tag capable of withstanding harsh ocean environments. This will allow safe, cutting-edge approaches to monitor and assess marine life and ecosystem health to support conservation and management.

Project: Biosensors for Real-time Sensing of the Marine Environment
Funding Source: Realizing Environmental Innovation Program                      
Funding Year: 2020
Research Areas: Oceans 
Regions:  Global

Research Team:
Barbara Block (Biology),  
Todd Walter (Aeronautics and Astronautics),  
Zhenan Bao (Chemical Engineering),  
Sherman Lo (Aeronautics and Astronautics)

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Stanford marine biologists, anthropologists, bioengineers, doctors, psychologists, economists, linguistic experts and others soon will collaborate on finding more efficient and effective ways to track marine animals and ocean health, ensure polluters comply with environmental laws, slow deforestation, improve agriculture and more.

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment