Dataset

Mackay & District Turtle Watch (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

OBIS-SEAMAP Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Original provider: Mackay & District Turtle Watch Association Dataset credits: Data provider: James Cook University; Originating data center: Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT); Project sponsor or sponsor description: The project was generously funded by The Mackay Regional Council and is supported by the volunteers of Mackay & District Turtle Watch Association and students of James Cook University. Abstract: The project is an initiative of Ken Griffin, Secretary of Mackay and District Turtle Watch Association. It is a collaboration between Mackay & District Turtle Watch Assoc. and James Cook University to understand the behaviour of flatback turtles in Central Queensland. The four turtles were named by children of local schools. This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.

Citation: Hamann x. 2025. Mackay & District Turtle Watch. 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=1061). https://doi.org/10.82144/aa9b57a3.

Published: October 08, 2025 at 01:56

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_1221_1deg

Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool
seaturtle.org

25
occurrence records
2
taxa
2
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 25
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 25
100.0%

Quality flags

The OBIS data quality flags are documented at https://github.com/iobis/obis-qc.

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 25
100.0%
ON_LAND 6
24.0%

Measurement types

DNA derived data