Tracking of hawksbill and green turtles on the North-west Shelf, Western Australia (2017-2018)

A combination deployment of GPS Fastloc and Argos transmitters on 20 nesting female green turtles on Legendre Island, Rosemary Island and Middle Island (below Barrow Island) to understand their movements during the inter-nesting period, the migration to foraging grounds and the areas they use for foraging. Hawksbill turtle data will be included once it is out of emabargo. Part of project titled 'Understanding the distribution and important areas for hawksbill and green turtles on the NW Shelf & overlap with industrial activities, Pilbara region, North-west Shelf, Western Australia' Data sourced from Zoatrack project 534 https://zoatrack.org/projects/534/ on 2021-06-01

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Published: June 07, 2022 at 05:54

URL: https://www.marine.csiro.au/ipt/resource?r=zoatrack_534_526_turtles