ABSTRACT
Tagging and tracking of marine mammals is important to veterinarians, biologists, and managers. Monitoring the ability of rehabilitated marine mammals to forage, dive, survive, and ultimately reproduce following release is essential for determining the efficacy of the rehabilitation process. Many postrelease monitoring programs for rehabilitated marine mammals, although limited in the past, have now been implemented (Harvey, 1991; Lander, 1998; Bonde et al., 1999; Early et al., 1999). Biologists and managers have been able to assess habitat use, home range, and resource utilization of free-ranging and rehabilitated marine mammals by tracking their movements and migrations.
