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Cemetery Beach Port Hedland Flatback Tracking Project 2009/2010
Pendoley Environmental
Dataset credit
Data provider West Australian Sea Turtle Satellite Tracking Project Originating data center Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)Project partner BHP Billiton Quantum Project Care for Hedland Association Pendoley Environmental Pty Ltd Project sponsor or sponsor description BHP Billiton Quantum Project
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Contacts
| Role | Name | Organization | |
| Primary contact |
Kellie Pendoley |
Western Australian Sea Turtle Satellite Tracking Project |
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| Data entry |
Michael Coyne |
seaturtle.org |
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Citation
Pendoley K. 2025. Cemetery Beach Port Hedland Flatback Tracking Project 2009/2010. Version 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=357). https://doi.org/10.82144/a5ecb02d. Halpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach. 2009. OBIS-SEAMAP: The world data center for marine mammal, sea bird, and sea turtle distributions. Oceanography. 22(2):104-115.
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Abstract
Flatback turtles are being satellite tracked from Cemetery Beach in the town of Port Hedland in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. This is the second year of this project and with 5 transmitters deployed in 2008/2009 and an addtional 10 transmitters deployed during the 2009/2010 season. The project is being sponsored by BHPBIO as part of the Quantum Project.
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Purpose
N/A
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Supplemental information
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Change History
The dataset has been updated over time as outlined below. Each entry includes the version number, release date, type of change, and a short description.
- 1.0.0 (2009-12-18) - Initial
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References
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Attributes
Overview
Attributes are defined by seaturtle.org.
Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
Only minimum required attributes are visible and downloadable online. Other attributes may be obtained upon provider's permission.
Attributes in dataset
| Attribute (table column) | Description |
| oid | Unique ID number (generated by OBIS-SEAMAP) |
| sort | Internal use |
| uid | Unique ID assigned by STAT |
| prognum | Program number |
| tag_id | PTT ID |
| utc | Date and time in UTC |
| lc | Location class |
| iq | Quality indicator |
| lat1 | Latitude in decimal degrees |
| dir1 | Dir 1 |
| lon1 | Longitude in decimal degrees |
| dir2 | Dir 2 |
| lat2 | |
| dir3 | Dir 3 |
| lon2 | |
| dir4 | Dir 4 |
| nb_mes | Number of messages received |
| big_nb_mes | |
| best_level | Best signal strength in dB |
| pass_duration | Pass duration in seconds |
| nopc | Number Of Plausibility Checks successful (from 0-4) |
| calcul_freq | Calculated frequency |
| altitude | Altitude used for location calculation |
| sensors | Sensors |
| species | Species name |
| tsn | ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP |
| timestamp | Numeric timestamp |
| project_id | STAT Project ID |
| lc_filter | Parameters to location filtering |
| speed_filter | Parameters to speed filtering |
| distance_filter | Parameters to distance filtering |
| topo_filter | Parameters to topo filtering |
| time_filter | Parameters to time filtering |
| angle_filter | Parameters to angle filtering |
| life_stage | Life stage of the animal |
| gender | Gender of the animal |
| wetdry | Wet or dry |
| wetdry_filter | Parameters to Wet or dry filterint |
| obs_datetime | Date and time (local time zone) |
| timezone_h | Time difference from UTC |
| dataset_id | Dataset ID by OBIS-SEAMAP |
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| OBIS-SEAMAP ID | 552 |
| DOI | 10.82144/a5ecb02d |
| Version | 1.0.0 |
| Seabirds | 0 |
| Marine mammals | 0 |
| Sea turtles | 3,958 |
| Rays and sharks | 0 |
| Other species | 0 |
| Non spatial | 0 |
| Non species | -3,956 |
| Total | 3,958 |
| Date, Begin | 2009-12-10 |
| Date, End | 2011-02-26 |
| Temporal prec. | 111111 |
| Latitude | -21.55 - -10.13 |
| Longitude | 114.58 - 140.93 |
| Coord. prec. | 3 decimal digits |
| Platform | Tag |
| Data type | Telemetry location |
| Tracklines | YES (ID: 554) |
| Traveled (km) | 64,507 |
| Travel hours | 160,150 |
| Registered | 2009-12-18 |
| Updated | 2025-08-01 |
| Status | Published |
Sharing policy |
Permission required |
| Sub group(s) | STAT |
| Shared with |
GBIF*
OBIS* * Aggregated summary |
| Metadata in static HTML / FGDC / EML |
| See download history / statistics |
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