Satellite Tracking
A project of Marine Turtle Research Group in conjunction with the partners and sponsors detailed below.
Subscribe to receive daily project updates
| Turkey 2007: Loggerhead Turtle |
|---|
| Name | Species | Life Stage | Release Date | Last Location | Days Transmitted |
|---|
| Turkiye | Loggerhead | Adult | 2007-07-19 | 2008-06-16 | 333 |
|---|
Click on an animal's name for maps and more information.
Introduction
This is the first project to track a loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) from a Turkish nesting beach.
Project Partners
EKAD was built up in 2003 by Academicians and voluenteers research on environment. The Society attached the first satellite transmitters on green turtles (Chelonia mydas)in Turkey in collaboration with the Marine Turtle Research Group (University of Exeter,UK) and sponsored by BTC Environmental İnvestment Programme Sea Turtle Expedition Project in 2003-2005. Four units were attached in 2004 and a furhter four in 2005. These tracks can also be seen on seaturtle.org/tracking under archived projects.
Project Sponsors
This project is sponsored by EPASA (Environmental Protection Agency for Special Areas), Turkey.
- The presentation of data here does not constitute publication. All data remain copyright of the project partners. Maps or data on this website may not be used or referenced without explicit written consent.
- For more information please visit the project website.
- If you have questions or would like to request the use of maps or data for this project please contact alifuatcanbolat@gmail.com.
7593201
|
del.icio.us
