Carlos Coste - Isla de Aves

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Track of adult male green turtle "Carlos Coste" tagged at Isla de Aves, Venezuela

Background

This is the first Venezuelan marine turtle to be fitted with a satellite tag. The adult male green turtle is named after Carlos Coste, the multiple record-holding Venezuelan freediver who assisted in its capture. With the transmitter application we hope to begin learning where turtles breeding on Isla de Aves go outside of the breeding season, i.e. where their feeding grounds are located.

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• This map connects positions generated by the ARGOS system designated as location class (lc) '4', '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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