Dataset

Bald Head Island 2003: Loggerhead Turtles (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

OBIS-SEAMAP Open in mapper Explore occurrences

Original provider: Marine Turtle Research Group / SEATURTLE.ORG Dataset credits: Data provider Marine Turtle Research Group Originating data center Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT) Project partner The project is a collaboration among the Bald Head Island Conservancy and the Marine Turtle Research Group (Annette Broderick, Brendan Godley, Lucy Hawkes) and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (Matthew Godfrey). Project sponsor or sponsor description This work was possible as a result of the financial and inkind support of the Anderson Family, Crumpler Family, Humphries Family, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Newport Aquarium, PADI Project Aware, Progress Energy, Ann Pickering, and Juanita Roushdy. Abstract: This project aims to find out more about the at-sea behaviour of loggerhead sea turtles following nesting on the beaches of Bald Head Island, North Carolina. We deployed 4 satellite transmitters or Platform Terminal Transmitters (PTT?s) on loggerhead sea turtles in July 2003. This has allowed us to track the long distance movements of these turtles and has given insights into migratory and foraging behaviour. This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.

Citation: Godley B. 2024. Bald Head Island 2003: Loggerhead Turtles. 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=1). https://doi.org/10.82144/20d67e08.

Published: October 07, 2025 at 22:34

URL: http://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_368_1deg

Brendan Godley
Marine Turtle Research Group

Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool
seaturtle.org

18
occurrence records
1
taxa
1
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
maximumDepthInMeters 18
100.0%
minimumDepthInMeters 18
100.0%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
NO_DEPTH 18
100.0%
ON_LAND 7
38.9%

Measurement types

DNA derived data