Tuttle2

Casey Key Loggerheads-2010

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Species: Loggerhead
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2010-06-03 00:00:00
Release Location: Casey Key
Last Location: 2010-09-09 02:22:55

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Background

Tuttle was seen in 2003 and 2006 (satellite tagged) and has returned in 2010. We have tracked her for a second occasion to address a few hypotheses:

1- site fidelity to foraging grounds

2- consistency to internesting zones

3- repeatability of stable isotope samples to elucidate dietary ecology with consistency

Tuttle's tag had a snarl of fishing line wrapped around the antenna. Tuttle measures 88.5 cm curved carapace length, so has only grown 0.2 cm in 4 years.

Tuttle was tagged during a false crawl, and she nested the following night on Casey Key.

Tuttle's 2006 track is found here http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?tag_id=66171a

Tuttle is named for Tuttle Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida for their mascot - the Tuttle Turtles!

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