Lila - Georgia Aquarium/DomSeTCO Leatherback's of Dominica

A project of DomSeTCO.

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This is a sea surface height map with color coded points.

Background

On a night where we had three animals come onto the beach, Lila is the only animal that completed her nest. The other two being false crawls. Lila nested in the best area on the beach and laid 89 yolked and 45 un-yolked eggs. She also was equipped with a Wildlife Computers SPOT tag at that time.

• 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 the explicit written consent of the data owners.
• For more information please visit the project website.
• 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.

SEATURTLE.ORG collaborates with Argos to help scientists and conservationists manage and analyse their valuable animal tracking data.