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Satellite tracking of female olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) nesting in the Wessel Islands, Northern Territory, 2005

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Citation

Any users of IMOS data are required to clearly acknowledge the source of the material in the format: ""Data was sourced from the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) - IMOS is supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy and the Super Science Initiative." https://doi.org/10.15468/s3qefe accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-02-04.

Description

The movements, diving behaviour and thermal environment occupied by female olive ridley turtles Lepidochelys olivacea in northern Australia were determined through satellite telemetry, during the post-nesting migration. Satellite-relayed data loggers (SRDLs) were attached to the carapaces of 4 female olive ridley turtles nesting in the Wessel Islands of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia (Graham Island: 11° 45’ S, 135° 57’ E and Wunpirri Island: 11° 36’ S, 136° 05’ E)

Data downloaded from IMOS 14-June-2017 from https://portal.aodn.org.au/search?uuid=6bed374a-3e86-4bbb-b8d1-a6bf8e2fa183 and taxonomy matched to WoRMS.

Purpose

Data originally acquired at Charles Darwin University, Darwin and now hosted by IMOS and AODN.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Additional info

marine, harvested by OBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

  1. Lepidochelys olivacea
    common name: Olive Ridley turtle rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Arufura Sea

Bibliographic Citations

  1. McMahon CR, Bradshaw CJA, Hays GC (2007). Satellite tracking reveals unusual diving characteristics for a marine reptile, the olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea). Marine Ecology Progress Series 329, 239-252. -

Contacts

Clive MacMahon
originator
position: Principal Investigator
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS)dvanced Studies, Charles Darwin University (CDU)
Hobart
0909
Tasmania
AU
Dave Watts
metadata author
position: OBIS Data manager
CSIRO
Castray Esplanade
Hobart
7000
Tasmania
AU
Telephone: +61 (3) 6232 5062
email: dave.watts@csiro.au
homepage: https://research.csiro.au/oa-idc/
OBIS Australia Node manager
publisher
position: OBIS Node Manager
CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure Data Centre
Castray Esplanade
Hobart
7000
Tasmania
AU
Telephone: +61 3 6232 5062
email: obisau@csiro.au
homepage: http://www.obis.org.au
Clive MacMahon
administrative point of contact
position: Principal Investigator
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS)dvanced Studies, Charles Darwin University (CDU)
Hobart
0909
Tasmania
AU
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