Tracking green turtles in Edgecumbe Bay (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Ian Bell

doi:10.15468/s8tbe8

Tracking green turtles in Edgecumbe Bay (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Citation

Bell I, OBIS-SEAMAP, Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (2021). Tracking green turtles in Edgecumbe Bay (aggregated per 1-degree cell). OBIS-SEAMAP. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/s8tbe8 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-08.

Description

Original provider: Queens Beach Action Group Dataset credits: Data provider Apudthama flatback turtle project Originating data center Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT) Project partner The project is supported by Queens Beach Action Group, North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation, Gudjuda Rangers, Queensland Parks & Wildlife, Juru Traditional Owners, Bowen Primary School, and James Cook University. Project sponsor or sponsor description North Queensland Bulk Ports is sponsoring an innovative turtle monitoring program through the Queens Beach Action Group (QBAG) in Bowen. This sponsorship will allow the behaviour of turtles to be monitored via satellite from a transponder attached to a turtle. Abstract: Bowen, Queensland Australia is a well known feeding area for marine turtles. Six of the world's seven species of marine turtles are found off the coast of North Queensland. Despite this, there is a lack of community awareness and understanding of the issues impacting on these great mariners. This project aims to demonstrate, through a satellite tracking device what the day-to-day life is for a male green turtle in the lead up to the breeding season.

Walnut is an adult male green turtle who weighs ~150kg and was found feeding in Edgcumbe Bay. Walnut had his transmitter attached and was released into Edgecumbe Bay on the 23rd September 2013.

September in Queensland is the lead-up to the approaching nesting season and a time of the year when male green turtles are looking for a partner. This study hopes to find out what sort of an area a male turtle will cover looking for females who are also preparing to breed.

Supplemental information: Visit STAT's project page for additional information. This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.

Purpose

Not available

Sampling Description

Study Extent

NA

Sampling

NA

Method steps

NA

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Chelonia mydas
common name: Green Sea Turtle rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Oceans

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Ian Bell
originator
position: Primary contact
Undersea Explorer green turtle tracking project
email: ian.bell@epa.qld.gov.au

OBIS-SEAMAP
metadata author
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

OBIS-SEAMAP
distributor
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
27708
NC
US
email: seamap-contact@duke.edu
homepage: http://seamap.env.duke.edu

Ian Bell
owner
position: Primary contact
Undersea Explorer green turtle tracking project
email: ian.bell@epa.qld.gov.au

Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool
originator
seaturtle.org
email: mcoyne@seaturtle.org
homepage: http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/

Ian Bell
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
Undersea Explorer green turtle tracking project
email: ian.bell@epa.qld.gov.au