https://doi.org/10.82144/10418b3d https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2178 https://www.gbif.org/dataset/e10789ed-b8cb-4c6a-9b29-aa777abe3d07 https://obis.org/dataset/009d668f-904f-44de-8375-967477cc47e7 Aubrey Strydom Aubrey Strydom Primary contact aub.strydom@uqconnect.edu.au OBIS-SEAMAP Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University

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seamap-contact@duke.edu https://seamap.env.duke.edu distributor Aubrey Strydom Aubrey Strydom Primary contact aub.strydom@uqconnect.edu.au owner Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool seaturtle.org mcoyne@seaturtle.org http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/ originator 2025-07-31 eng Original provider: aub.strydom@uqconnect.edu.au Dataset credits: Data provider Aubrey Strydom Originating data center <a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'>Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a> Project partner Aubrey Strydom (Satellite tracking & T1 - the ATV)<br>Lightforce (The light bars on T1) <br>Tom Garrett (Volunteer fox control)<br>TurtleCare Volunteers Queensland Inc.<br>Burnett Mary Regional Group for Natural Resource Management.<br>Queensland Parks & Wildlife, Deepwater National Park<br>Queensland Turtle Conservation Research Program: Aquatic Threatened Species Unit, (Department of Environment & Science)<br>Wildlife Computers, Redmond, Washington<br>CLS ARGOS Abstract: Volunteers Neville and Bevlyn McLachlan initiated and have been running the Wreck Rock Turtle Care program for 45 years, with help from their family and friends.<br>Nev commenced monitoring back in the early 1970's and Bev joined him in 1977. They have not missed a nesting season since then.<br>Each season they spend December and January camped in the Deepwater National Park.<br>They spend their nights patrolling the beach on quad bikes and ATVs, and the next morning place mesh on the newly laid clutches to protect them from fox and goanna predation.<br><br>TurtleCare Volunteers Queensland Inc is an incorportated association established for the purpose of fostering conservation through study and enjoyment of turtles. Through this organization they have the ability to raise funds to further the study that operates in conjunction with the Turtle Research Program, centered around the Mon Repos Rookery, which is a part of the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.<br>The volunteers at Wreck Rock spend all night patrolling the 22km beach, tagging adult turtles, monitoring their nesting and the hatching of newborn turtles and trying to keep the foxes and goannas (monitor lizards) from destroying the nests during their 8 week incubation period.<br>Tom Garrett and Rusty, his fox sniffing dog, volunteer a month at Deepwater National Park each season targeting fox dens. <br><br>A special feature of this beach is that 4 species of turtles have been recorded nesting here. Loggerheads, greens, and flatbacks frequently nest in this area, and until the mid 1990's it was the last known nesting site in Queensland for the rare and huge leatherback turtle. <br> Marine Biology Telemetry Tagged animal N/A <a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=1381' target='_new'>Visit STAT's project page</a> for additional information. The access to this work requires permission. https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2178 Oceans 143.29834 153.57195 -9.78006 -27.56293 2021-12-21 2023-05-13 Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). species Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle asNeeded Aubrey Strydom Aubrey Strydom Primary contact aub.strydom@uqconnect.edu.au NA NA NA Aubrey Strydom owner NA zd_2178 2025-07-31T17:38:07-04:00 dataset Strydom A. 2024. Wreck Rock Turtle Care - satellite tracking. 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT; http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=1381). https://doi.org/10.82144/10418b3d. OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page UTF-8 Interactive map https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2178 FGDC Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2178/fgdc EML Metadata UTF-8 XML https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2178/eml STAT Project Page UTF-8 Original web site http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=1381 OBIS-SEAMAP zd_2178 zd_2178 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.