Green turtles in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia
A project of Jame Cook University in conjunction with the partners and sponsors detailed below.
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| Name | Species | Life Stage | Release Date | Last Location | Days Transmitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow T | Green Turtle | Adult | 2007-04-14 | 2007-04-21 | 7 |
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Introduction
This project aims to increase our understanding of green turtles' daily movements in coastal foraging areas of Queensland.
While we know that individual green turtles spend many decades of their lives in such areas, we know relatively little about their day-to-day activity patterns - and turtles' elusive behaviour makes it difficult to obtain detailed behavioral data.
Following on from preliminary ultrasonic tracking in the same study area in Moreton Bay, this project will trial the recently developed Fastloc GPS system. A Fastloc receiver can obtain GPS data when a marine animal surfaces for less than a second, in contrast to standard GPS receivers which require considerably longer surface intervals and therefore are less effective on marine animals than on birds and land animals.
Project Sponsors
The project has received much appreciated financial support from Tangalooma Marine Education and Research Foundation, Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation, CRC Reef Research, James Cook University and Jupacami Network. Fastloc was developed by Wildtrack Telemetry Systems and tags made especially for this project by Sirtrack Wildlife Tracking Solutions.
