Dataset

Satellite tracking of female olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) nesting in the Wessel Islands, Northern Territory, 2005

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The movements, diving behaviour and thermal environment occupied by female olive ridley turtles Lepidochelys olivacea in northern Australia were determined through satellite telemetry, during the post-nesting migration. Satellite-relayed data loggers (SRDLs) were attached to the carapaces of 4 female olive ridley turtles nesting in the Wessel Islands of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia (Graham Island: 11° 45’ S, 135° 57’ E and Wunpirri Island: 11° 36’ S, 136° 05’ E) Data downloaded from IMOS 14-June-2017 from https://portal.aodn.org.au/search?uuid=6bed374a-3e86-4bbb-b8d1-a6bf8e2fa183 and taxonomy matched to WoRMS.

Citation: Any users of IMOS data are required to clearly acknowledge the source of the material in the format: ""Data was sourced from the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) - IMOS is supported by the Australian Government through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy and the Super Science Initiative."

Published: August 11, 2023 at 11:26

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

3,367
occurrence records
1
taxa
1
species

Taxa

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 18
0.5%

Quality flags

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

Flag Dropped Records
ON_LAND 61
1.8%
DEPTH_EXCEEDS_BATH 11
0.3%

Measurement types

DNA derived data