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Satellite Tracking

Why did animal X stop transmitting?

Background

"Andy T" (YYS894) is a juvenile/subadult green sea turtle captured 13 August 2009 during STFERL entanglement netting operations in the Lower Laguna Madre near Port Mansfield, Texas. This turtle was outfitted and released with a Sirtrack KiwiSat 202 satellite transmitter on 13 August 2009 and released near it's capture location. Satellite tracking of this animal and other green turtles is part of a study examining green turtle assemblages in the lower Laguna Madre funded via a grant from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department KAST Restitution Funds.
YYS894 has been nicknamed "Andy T" in reference to Andy Tirpak, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department liason for this project. Special thanks go to Mary Ann and J.D. Whitley of Port Mansfield, Texas for providing work space to process this turtle and attach the satellite transmitter as well as lodging STFERL personnel. This is the first green turtle to be satellite tracked by the STFERL in the Port Mansfield area. Other TAMUG STFERL tracks are available on the "TAMUG Kemp's Ridley Nesters 2007-2008", "TAMUG Kemp's Ridley Tracking 2007", "TAMUG Kemp's Ridley Tracking 2004-2006", and "TAMUG Loggerhead Tracking" pages.

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  • This map connects positions generated by the ARGOS system designated as location class (lc) '3', '2', '1', '0', 'A', 'B'. Locations that have been "filtered" are displayed as small red dots.
  • This maps also shows locations of class 'Z', 'X' as small black dots which are not connected by a route line.
  • Bathymetry layers are derived from the GEBCO One Minute Grid.
  • Sea surface temperature and chlorophyll are derived from NASA's Ocean Color data.
  • Ocean currents and sea surface heights are derived from AVISO's Ssalto/Duacs Gridded Absolute Dynamic Topography & absolute geostrophic velocities data.

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