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TELEMETRY & BIODIVERSITY had positive impacts on their species and habitats, especially tion and PhD candidate at Dalhousie University in Halifax. in areas that are data de? cient and have sparse management. Cullen lives and works in Zavora, Mozambique, an area rich “You know, we have no idea where marine species are spend- with sharks and manta rays, but also data de? cient and lack- ing most of their time. We have no idea if marine protected ing the extensive management necessary. While her research areas are working. That was kind of the motivation behind it,” started as underwater visual surveys, Cullen has been able to said Nakia Cullen, a research manager at Megafauna Founda- delve into telemetry in the past few years, inspired by other © Innovasea

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