Green turtle tracking in the northern Great Barrier Reef
Qld Environmental Protection Agency

Dataset credit

Undersea Explorer green turtle tracking project

Abstract

Exploring breeding female migration pathways and nest site selection within the far northern section of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

N/A

References

Coyne, M. S., and B. J. Godley. 2005. Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT): an integrated system for archiving, analyzing and mapping animal tracking data. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Vol. 301:1-7.

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Ian Bell Undersea Explorer green turtle tracking project
Data entry Michael Coyne seaturtle.org

Attributes

Overview

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
Only minimum required attributes are visible and downlodable online. Other attributes may be obtained upon provider's permission unless otherwise noteded below.

This section explains attributes included in the original dataset. OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only. Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.

Attributes in dataset provided

Attribute (table column)Description
SEAMAP ID479
Seabirds0
Marine mammals0
Sea turtles506
Total506
Date, Begin2008-09-09
Date, End2009-03-02
Latitudes-19.46 - -11.25
Longitudes143.58 - 178.93
PlatformTag
Data typeTelemetry location
TracklinesYES (ID: 480)
SourceSatellite Tracking and Analysis Tool
Updated2012-05-18