Virginia Aquarium Sea Turtle Research
A project of Virginia Aquarium Foundation in conjunction with the partners and sponsors detailed below.
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| Name | Species | Life Stage | Release Date | Last Location | Days Transmitted |
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| Aphrodite | Loggerhead | Unknown | 2013-09-19 | 2013-10-24 | 35 |
| Banks | Loggerhead | Sub-Adult | 2013-07-21 | 2014-01-16 | 179 |
| Big Cat | Loggerhead | Unknown | 2013-09-13 | 2013-09-20 | 7 |
| Cheeseburger | Loggerhead | Sub-Adult | 2013-05-22 | 2014-09-29 | 495 |
| Coralyn | Loggerhead | Adult | 2013-09-07 | 2014-08-20 | 347 |
| Juicy Fruit | Loggerhead | Sub-Adult | 2013-06-26 | 2013-12-25 | 182 |
| Latitude | Loggerhead | Sub-Adult | 2013-06-12 | 2013-08-11 | 60 |
| Margaritaville | Loggerhead | Sub-Adult | 2013-05-22 | 2014-04-16 | 329 |
| Roger Miller | Loggerhead | Sub-Adult | 2015-05-15 | 2015-09-04 | 112 |
| Volcano | Loggerhead | Sub-Adult | 2013-05-22 | 2013-09-26 | 127 |
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Introduction
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The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center Foundation is conducting health assessment and telemetry research using wild-caught and by-caught loggerhead and Kempâs ridley sea turtles. The project goals include comparing rehabilitated and wild animals, developing a relatively fine temporal and spatial scale surface time ratio for abundance estimates, and understanding how ânear shoreâ and âoff shoreâ populations interact and utilize the habitat. (NMFS Permit Nos. 16134/20561)
