Satellite tracked green turtles in the South China Sea 1993-1994

Paolo Luschi, University of Pisa

Dataset credit

Paolo Luschi, University of Pisa

Contacts

Role	Name	Organization
Primary contact	Paolo Luschi	University of Pisa
Data entry	Connie Kot

Citation

Luschi, P. 2013. Satellite tracked green turtles in the South China Sea 1993-1994. Version 1.0.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP. https://doi.org/10.82144/21941d09.

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.

Abstract

Five females of Chelonia mydas were tracked by satellite in the South China Sea in 1993 and 1994. Four of them reached their feeding grounds 600-1551 km distant. Part of the journeys occurred coastwise, indicating that leading geographical features had been
utilized. The straightness of the turtles' tracks in open seas, both over shallow and deep waters, and their ability to pinpoint distant targets provides circumstantial evidence for a true navigation mechanism.

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

N/A

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 (2013-07-25) - Initial

Initial release

References

Luschi, P., F. Papi, H.C. Liew, E.H. Chan and F. Bonadonna. 1996. Long-distance migration and homing after displacement in the green turtle (Chelonia mydas): A satellite tracking study. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 122:171-175.

Papi, F., H.C. Liew, P. Luschi and E.H. Chan. 1995. Long-range migratory travel of a green turtle tracked by satellite: Evidence for navigational ability in the open sea. Marine Biology. 122:171-175.

Attributes

Overview

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 (created by OBIS-SEAMAP)
tag_id	Tag ID
obs_date	Date of observation
year	Year of observation
obs_count	Number of animals
sp_obs	Species observed
sp_tsn	ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number added by OBIS-SEAMAP
obs_time	Time of observation
latitude	Latitude of observation
longitude	Longitude of observation
sex	Sex of animal
age_class	Age class of animal (adult or juvenile)
body_size	Straight carapace length (cm)
beach	Nesting beach where sea turtle was tagged
country	Country where sea turtle was tagged
cite1	Citation
geom

OBIS-SEAMAP ID	975
DOI	10.82144/21941d09
Version	1.0.0
Seabirds	0
Marine mammals	0
Sea turtles	389
Rays and sharks	0
Other species	0
Non spatial	0
Non species	0
Total	389
Date, Begin	1993-09-23
Date, End	1994-10-24
Temporal prec.	111111
Latitude	-2.87 - 8.22
Longitude	102.70 - 117.64
Coord. prec.	3 decimal digits
Platform	Tag
Data type	Telemetry location
Tracklines	YES (ID: 977)
Traveled (km)	8,137
Travel hours	3,803
Registered	2013-07-25
Updated	2013-08-22
Status	Published
Sharing policy	CC-BY (Minimum)
Sub group(s)	SWOT
Shared with	SWOT GBIF OBIS
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