Satellite tracked green turtles in the South China Sea 1993-1994
Citation
Luschi, P. 2013. Satellite tracked green turtles in the South China Sea 1993-1994. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/975) on yyyy-mm-dd. https://doi.org/10.15468/j6ph42 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
Original provider: Paolo Luschi, University of Pisa Dataset credits: Paolo Luschi, University of Pisa Abstract: Five females of Chelonia mydas were tracked by satellite in the South China Sea in 1993 and 1994. Four of them reached their feeding grounds 600-1551 km distant. Part of the journeys occurred coastwise, indicating that leading geographical features had been utilized. The straightness of the turtles' tracks in open seas, both over shallow and deep waters, and their ability to pinpoint distant targets provides circumstantial evidence for a true navigation mechanism.Purpose
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Additional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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Chelonia mydascommon name: Green Sea Turtle rank: species
Geographic Coverages
Oceans
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Paolo Luschioriginator
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University of Pisa
email: pluschi@biologia.unipi.it
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Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
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Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
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Durham
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US
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Paolo Luschi
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University of Pisa
email: pluschi@biologia.unipi.it
Paolo Luschi
administrative point of contact
position: Primary contact
University of Pisa
email: pluschi@biologia.unipi.it