Green sea turtle satellite tracking in the Nansha and Penghu Archipelagos 2000-2005
Cheng, I-Jiunn

Cheng, I-Jiunn

Green turtle is an endangered species in Taiwan. In addition to understanding their nesting ecology, the migration behavior and whereabouts in the ocean are equally important. The purpose of the current study is to deploy as many satellite tags as possible to understand fully its post-nesting migration routes, rest/foraging areas and the influence of currents to the migration of green turtles. Furthermore, the combination of satellite tracking with genetic studies allow us to construct comprehensive conservation measures on a regional and international basis.

To understand the whereabouts of green turtles that nest in Taiwan, and the influence of currents to the migration behavior.

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Cheng, I-J. 2007. Nesting ecology and postnesting migration of sea turtles on Taipin Tao, Nansha Archipelago, South China Sea. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 6(2): 277–282

Cheng, I-J. and Y-H. Wang. 2009. Influence of surface currents on post-nesting migration of green sea turtles nesting on Wan-An Island, Penghu Archipelago, Taiwan. Journal of Marine Science and Technology. 17(4): 306-311

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Attributes in dataset provided

Attribute (table column)	Description
oid	Unique ID number (generated by SEAMAP)
obs_date	Observed date
obs_time	Observed time
latitude	Latitude of observation
longitude	Longitude of observation
sp_obs	Species observed
sp_tsn	Species ITIS TSN
obs_count	Observed count (1 for satellite tag data)
series
release	Distinguishes release point of a given track