MARION — Research Engineer Amy Kukulya, from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will teach guests about how her organization uses the Remus SharkCam to collect scientific data at a presentation at the Marion Natural History Museum on Thursday, Aug. 8 at 7 p.m.

The SharkCam is an autonomous underwater vehicle equipped with video cameras, water current profilers and salinity and temperature probes. It was originally developed for coastal mapping and monitoring, and can now track sharks at depths up to about 100 meters. Scientists use a harpoon to tag the shark’s dorsal fin with a transponder. After the mission is complete Kukulya and her team send an acoustic signal to the transponder, allowing it to release from the shark and float to the surface for retrieval.

The SharkCam has been featured on the Discovery Channel’s annual Shark Week multiple times. Guests at the Marion Natural history Museum will be able to learn more about the device, and research methods used at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to collect data on the habitat and behavior of sharks.

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