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DOI: 10.15468/n9y244
title: Movement patterns of Kemp’s ridley sea turtles in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico 2004-2007

description: Original provider:
Erin Seney and Andre Landry, Texas A&M

Dataset credits:
Erin Seney and Andre Landry, Sea Turtle & Fisheries Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston

Abstract:
The Kemp's ridley sea turtle &lt;i&gt;Lepidochelys kempii&lt;/i&gt; is recovering from declines that reduced nesting from a single-day estimate of 10000 to 40000 females in 1947 to &lt;300 during the entire 1985 nesting season. Although beach monitoring is crucial to estimating nesting population size and activity, in-water data are essential for understanding population dynamics, evaluating management strategies, and ensuring the species’ continued recovery. Fifteen immature and 7 adult female ridleys were fitted with platform terminal transmitters and released off the upper Texas coast during 2004 through 2007. Immature individuals were tracked primarily during warmer months and exhibited preferences for tidal passes, bays, coastal lakes, and nearshore waters, although movement patterns varied among years. Females tracked during their inter-­nesting intervals remained in the vicinity of the upper Texas coast and, upon entering the post-nesting stage, moved eastward along the 20 m isobath to foraging areas offshore of central Louisiana. Satellite telemetry indicated that inshore and continental shelf waters of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico serve as developmental, migratory, inter-nesting, and post-nesting habitat for the Kemp’s ridley. Projected population growth will likely lead to increased use of the northwestern Gulf by the species and more frequent encounters with human activities. The extent of such anthropogenic interactions and need for mitigation measures should be examined and considered by natural resource managers to facilitate continued recovery of this and other sea turtle species in the Gulf of Mexico. Likewise, research efforts should be continued to better understand seasonal in-water distributions, abundances, population dynamics, and mortality risks to all life history stages.
DOI: 10.15468/9xfcd5
title: Georgia Loggerhead Tracking Project 2005 (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

description: Original provider:
Mark Dodd

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Originating data center
&lt;a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'&gt;Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)&lt;/a&gt;
Project partner
This project is a collaboration between the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, the University of Georgia-Warnell School of Forest Resources, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to document inter-nesting habitat use, migratory pathways, and post-nesting movements of Georgia?s nesting loggerhead turtles using satellite and conventional telemetry. Loggerhead turtle movements will be compared with the distributions of commercial fishing and dredging activity and results will be used to make management recommendations to protect adult loggerhead sea turtles and their habitats. During the second year of our study, We deployed a total of twelve satellite transmitters on Sapelo (8) and Blackbeard Islands (4). In addition to monitoring loggerhead movement patterns, our tracking project provides a unique educational opportunity for students to learn more about Georgia?s loggerhead turtles and coastal marine ecosystems. School kids from grades K-5 were given the opportunity to submit names for eight of the turtles. Over 240 Georgia students in kindergarten through fifth grade took part in the sea turtle naming contest. Click on each individual turtle to get more information.
 This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.
DOI: 10.15468/ffnw6v
title: Sightings for AN/AQS-20 Sonar Aerial Monitoring in the NSWC PCD Study Area from July 2011 and May 2012

description: Original provider:
HDR Environmental, Operations and Construction, Inc.

Dataset credits:
The U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Program

Abstract:
Three aerial marine-species monitoring surveys for an AN/AQS-20 sonar research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) event occurred, with daily marine-species surveys from 05 July through 09 July 2011, 23 July through 26 July 2011, and 20 May through 26 May 2011 off the coast of Florida in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) Study Area in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The AN/AQS-20 is a high-frequency active sonar (HFAS) system used in mine countermeasures detection.
DOI: 10.15468/ngqpqd
title: Bald Head Island 2008: Loggerhead Turtles (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

description: Original provider:
Marine Turtle Research Group

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Marine Turtle Research Group
Originating data center
&lt;a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'&gt;Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)&lt;/a&gt;
Project partner
This project is a collaboration among the &lt;a href=http://www.seaturtle.org/mtrg/&gt; Marine Turtle Research Group&lt;/a&gt; (Brendan Godley and Annette Broderick), Michael Coyne (SEATURTLE.ORG), the &lt;a href=http://www.ncwildlife.org/&gt;North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission&lt;/a&gt; (Wendy Cluse and Matthew Godfrey) and &lt;a href=http://www.bhic.org/research/stpp.shtml&gt; the Bald Head Island Conservancy&lt;/a&gt;.
Project sponsor or sponsor description
This project was funded by a grant from the &lt;a href=http://www.wavefoundation.org&gt;WAVE Foundation at the Newport Aquarium, Kentucky&lt;/a&gt;, and donations from &lt;a href=http://www.bhic.org/research/stpp.shtml&gt; the Bald Head Island Conservancy&lt;/a&gt; and SEATURTLE.ORG.

Abstract:
This project aims to find out more about the post nesting migratory movements of loggerhead sea turtles from Bald Head Island, North Carolina. Four nesting females were tracked each in 2003 through 2007 and made impressive movements north as far away as New Jersey, and south as far as the Florida Keys. Two of the transmitters from 2007 are still transmitting. The transmitters provided us with some interesting, novel and useful data about the migratory and foraging behaviour and natural history of the loggerhead sea turtle in this region. This summer's deployments will complement the results from previous years and provide us with a wider insight into North Carolina sea turtle biology.
 This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.
DOI: 10.15468/er3xra
title: DUML coastal surveys on the occurrence, distribution and density of marine mammals in Camp Lejeune 2010-2013

description: Original provider:
Duke University Marine Laboratory

Dataset credits:
Duke University Marine Laboratory

Abstract:
This project was part of a monitoring program designed to provide quantitative information on the seasonal occurrence, distribution and density of marine mammals in the coastal waters around the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. The work consisted of three components: 
(1) coastal line transect surveys, designed to provide estimates of the density of marine mammals and sea turtles in near-shore ocean waters –this dataset; 
(2) small boat-based photo-identification surveys to document patterns of residency by individual dolphins; and
(3) passive acoustic monitoring of the occurrence and distribution of bottlenose dolphins in the New River and coastal waters. 

We conducted eleven shipboard surveys in the near-shore coastal waters of Onslow Bay from August 2010 to November 2011. We conducted photographic surveys for bottlenose dolphins in the New River on 19 days between October 2010 and November 2011. We recorded 54 sightings throughout the Intracoastal Waterway and New River, with some groups seen as far upriver as Morgan Bay. We conducted seven shipboard surveys in the near-shore coastal waters of Onslow Bay from October 2012 to September 2013.
DOI: 10.15468/v7pah6
title: Bald Head Island 2007: Loggerhead Turtles (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

description: Original provider:
Marine Turtle Research Group

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Marine Turtle Research Group
Originating data center
&lt;a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'&gt;Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)&lt;/a&gt;
Project partner
This project is a collaboration among the &lt;a href=http://www.seaturtle.org/mtrg/&gt; Marine Turtle Research Group&lt;/a&gt; (Brendan Godley and Annette Broderick), Michael Coyne (SEATURTLE.ORG), the &lt;a href=http://www.ncwildlife.org/&gt;North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission&lt;/a&gt; (Wendy Cluse and Matthew Godfrey) and &lt;a href=http://www.bhic.org/research/stpp.shtml&gt; the Bald Head Island Conservancy&lt;/a&gt;.
Project sponsor or sponsor description
This project was funded by a grant from the &lt;a href=http://www.wavefoundation.org&gt;WAVE Foundation at the Newport Aquarium, Kentucky&lt;/a&gt;, and donations from &lt;a href=http://www.bhic.org/research/stpp.shtml&gt; the Bald Head Island Conservancy&lt;/a&gt; and SEATURTLE.ORG.

Abstract:
This project aims to find out more about the post nesting migratory movements of loggerhead sea turtles from Bald Head Island, North Carolina. Four nesting females were tracked each in 2003 through 2006 and made impressive movements north, using waters as far away as New Jersey. All four of the transmitters from 2006 are still transmitting. The transmitters provided us with some interesting, novel and useful data about the migratory and foraging behaviour and natural history of the loggerhead sea turtle in this region. This summer's deployments will complement the results from previous years and provide us with a wider insight into North Carolina sea turtle biology.
 This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.
DOI: 10.15468/8dcsav
title: Bald Head Island 2006: Loggerhead Turtles (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

description: Original provider:
Marine Turtle Research Group

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Marine Turtle Research Group
Originating data center
&lt;a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'&gt;Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)&lt;/a&gt;
Project partner
This project is a collaboration among the &lt;a href=http://www.seaturtle.org/mtrg/&gt; Marine Turtle Research Group&lt;/a&gt; (Brendan Godley, Annette Broderick, Lucy Hawkes), Michael Coyne (SEATURTLE.ORG & &lt;a href=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/&gt;Duke University&lt;/a&gt;), the &lt;a href=http://www.ncwildlife.org/&gt;North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission&lt;/a&gt; (Matthew Godfrey) and &lt;a href=http://www.bhic.org/research/stpp.shtml&gt; the Bald Head Island Conservancy&lt;/a&gt;.
Project sponsor or sponsor description
This project was funded by grants from the &lt;a href=http://www.wavefoundation.org&gt;WAVE Foundation at the Newport Aquarium, Kentucky&lt;/a&gt;, and the Natural Environmental Research Council as well as donations from &lt;a href=http://www.bhic.org/research/stpp.shtml&gt; the Bald Head Island Conservancy&lt;/a&gt; and SEATURTLE.ORG.

Abstract:
This project aims to find out more about the post nesting migratory movements of loggerhead sea turtles from Bald Head Island, North Carolina. Four nesting females were tracked each in 2003 through 2005 and made impressive movements north, using waters as far away as New Jersey. All four of the transmitters from 2005 are still transmitting. The transmitters provided us with some interesting, novel and useful data about the migratory and foraging behaviour and natural history of the loggerhead sea turtle in this region. This summer's deployments will complement the results from previous years and provide us with a wider insight into North Carolina sea turtle biology.
 This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.
DOI: 10.15468/kee7st
title: Tracking headstarted green turtles from the Maldives (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

description: Original provider:
Marine Research Foundation

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Marine Research Foundation - Marine Turtle Programme
Originating data center
&lt;a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'&gt;Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)&lt;/a&gt;
 This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.
DOI: 10.15468/kz3rdr
title: DUML New River surveys on the occurrence, distribution and density of marine mammals in Camp Lejeune 2010-2011

description: Original provider:
Duke University Marine Laboratory

Dataset credits:
Duke University Marine Laboratory

Abstract:
This project was the first phase of a monitoring program designed to provide quantitative information on the seasonal occurrence, distribution and density of marine mammals in estuarine and coastal waters around the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. The work consisted of three components:&lt;br&gt;
(1) coastal line transect surveys, designed to provide estimates of the density of marine mammals and sea turtles in near-shore ocean waters;&lt;br&gt;
(2) small boat-based photo-identification surveys to document patterns of residency by individual dolphins; and&lt;br&gt;
(3) passive acoustic monitoring of the occurrence and distribution of bottlenose dolphins in the New River.&lt;br&gt;
We conducted eleven shipboard surveys in the near-shore coastal waters of Onslow Bay from August 2010 to November 2011. We conducted photographic surveys for bottlenose dolphins in the New River on 19 days between October 2010 and November 2011. We recorded 54 sightings throughout the Intracoastal Waterway and New River, with some groups seen as far upriver as Morgan Bay.
DOI: 10.15468/j6ph42
title: Satellite tracked green turtles in the South China Sea 1993-1994

description: Original provider:
Paolo Luschi, University of Pisa

Dataset credits:
Paolo Luschi, University of Pisa

Abstract:
Five females of &lt;i&gt;Chelonia mydas&lt;/i&gt; 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.
DOI: 10.15468/fxrstj
title: Ascension Island green turtles migrations

description: Original provider:
Paolo Luschi, University of Pisa, Italy; Graeme Hays, Swansea University, UK; and Susanne Akesson, und University, Sweden

Dataset credits:
Paolo Luschi, University of Pisa, Italy; Graeme Hays, Swansea University, UK; and Susanne Akesson, und University, Sweden

Abstract:
Previous tagging studies of the movements of green turtles (&lt;i&gt;Chelonia mydas&lt;/i&gt;) nesting at Ascension Island have shown that they shuttle between this remote target in the Atlantic Ocean and their feeding grounds on the Brazilian coast, a distance of 2300 km or more. Since knowledge of sea turtle migration routes might allow inferences on the still unknown navigational mechanisms of marine animals, we tracked the postnesting migration of six green turtle females from Ascension Island to Brazil. Five of them reached the proximity of the easternmost stretch of the Brazilian coast, covering 1777-2342 km in 33-47 days. Their courses were impressively similar for the first 1000 km, with three turtles tracked over different dates following indistinguishable paths for the first 300 km. Only the sixth turtle made some relatively short trips in different directions around Ascension. The tracks show that turtles (i) are able to maintain straight courses over long distances in the open sea; (ii) may perform exploratory movements in different directions; (iii) appropriately correct their course during the journey according to external information; and (iv) initially keep the same direction as the west-south-westerly flowing current, possibly guided by chemical cues.
DOI: 10.15468/6ht7yt
title: CNMI Sea Turtle Program satellite tracked green turtles 2011

description: Original provider:
NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center & Regional Office, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Lands & Natural Resources, Division of Fish & Wildlife

Dataset credits:
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Sea Turtle Program

Abstract:
Sea turtles are cultural ambassadors, connecting people and nations of the Pacific. This collaborative satellite tagging project has not only increased our understanding of CNMI sea turtle biology and migration and engaged local communities and conservation partners, but has also stretched across ocean basins connecting the Pacific Islands with the IOSEA.
DOI: 10.15468/c65k23
title: North Carolina Rehabilitated Sea Turtle Monitoring Project (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

description: Original provider:
SEATURTLE.ORG

Dataset credits:
Data provider
SEATURTLE.ORG Animal Tracking Program
Originating data center
&lt;a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'&gt;Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)&lt;/a&gt;
Project partner
The partners of this tracking project include Jean Beasley and her crew of volunteers and interns at the &lt;a href=http://www.seaturtlehospital.org&gt;Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center&lt;/a&gt;, Matthew Godfrey and Wendy Cluse of the &lt;a href=http://www.ncwildlife.org&gt;NC Wildlife Resources Commission&lt;/a&gt;, and Michael Coyne of SEATURTLE.ORG.
Project sponsor or sponsor description
We are looking for sponsors for this project. Please contact tracking@seaturtle.org if you are interested in sponsoring one or more satellite tracked turtles from the North Carolina Rehabilitated Sea Turtle Monitoring Project

Abstract:
Since 1997, the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center, located on Topsail Island in North Carolina, has worked towards caring for sick or injured sea turtles in order that they should be released back to the wild. Each year, the KBSTRRC admits dozens of turtles that have been found in North Carolina and elsewhere. Working in collaboration with the wildlife veterinarians from North Carolina State University and others, the staff of the KBSTRRC have successfully rehabilitated and released more than 100 sea turtles over the past 7 years. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The majority of turtles that have been released have been juveniles, and up until now there was no information available on where and how the turtles were going in the water. Now, with the help of satellite tracking, we can watch where some of the rehabilitated turtles go after their treatment at the KBSTRRC.
 This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.
DOI: 10.15468/drxhhn
title: AdriaWatch project (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

description: Original provider:
Fondazione Cetacea

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Islameta Group, Dept. of Biology - University of Pisa
Originating data center
&lt;a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'&gt;Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)&lt;/a&gt;

Abstract:
The ADRIA-Watch project (www.adriawatch.provincia.rimini.it)&lt;br&gt;is a scientific observatory for large marine vertebrates of the Northern Adriatic Sea. Data are collected and pooled together into one single database, working towards a better understanding and dealing of the problems affecting the large inhabitants of the area and to promote public awareness. &lt;br&gt;ADRIA-Watch collects data on sightings and strandings of Cetaceans (dolphins and whales), marine turtles and sharks along our coasts.&lt;br&gt;ADRIA-Watch also contributes to a sharing of knowledge: web site, public conferences, scientific seminars, didactic material and educational projects.&lt;br&gt;In the framework of this project 5 satellite-tracked loggerhead turtles will be released in 2006, from five different sites in the northern Adriatic sea, from both Eastern (Slovenian and Croatian) and Western (Italian) shores.
 This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.
DOI: 10.15468/nyenht
title: Study of the Biology of Sea Turtles in Brazil through Satellite Telemetry (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

description: Original provider:
Projeto TAMAR

Dataset credits:
Data provider
Projeto Tamar-Ibama
Originating data center
&lt;a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'&gt;Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)&lt;/a&gt;
Project sponsor or sponsor description
This work was possible as a result of the financial support of Petrobras/Cenpes (Petrobras Research Center).

Abstract:
The project entitled Study of the Biology of Sea Turtles in Brazil of through Satellite Telemetry is part of the larger research program entitled Priority Research Studies on the Biology of the Sea Turtles, developed by Project TAMAR-IBAMA with the support of the Petrobras/Cenpes (Petrobras Research Center). The objective of this project is to use satellite telemetry to study and analyze the at-sea movements of female turtles, both during and following the nesting season, for the most threatened species that occur along the Brazilian coast (Caretta caretta, Dermochelys coriacea, Eretmochelys imbricata and Lepdochelys olivacea). The project will involve the deployment of 40 satellite tags: 15 on hawksbill turtles, 5 on leatherback turtles, 10 on loggerhead turtles and 10 on olive ridley turtles. The project officially began on February 02nd, 2005 when 15 satellite tags (KiwiSat 101 from Sirtrack Limited) were attached to the carapaces of hawksbill turtles that had just finished nesting on beaches along the northern coast of Bahia, Brazil. In continuity to this Study, 03 transmitters KiwiSat 101(with capacity to work for up to 450 days) were installed in females of the species Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback sea turtle) in Espirito Santo, only reproductive area of this species in the Brazilian coast. The last species that received transmitters was the Caretta caretta (loggerhead sea turtle), in the coast of Bahia, and Lepidochelys olivacea (olive ridley sea turtle), in the north coast of Sergipe, in the February of 2006. For further information on Projeto Tamar-Ibama history, sea turtle biology and the Satellite Telemetry Program, with updated maps on recent and past studies, visit our webpage, www.projetotamar.org.br, and learn more about the conservation of sea turtles in Brazil.
 This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.