Grupo Tortuguero: Pacific Sea Turtle Tracking

A project of Grupo Tortuguero Tracking Project.

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Species: Green Turtle
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2001-03-02 00:00:00
Release Location: Colola, Michoacan, Mexico
Last Location: 2001-04-19 14:51:25

Background

Paulina was outfitted with a transmitter on the 2nd of March, 2001. She was released after nesting at night on the Colola, Michocan beach in southern Mexico. Paulina is a 78 cm Pacific green turtle (aka black turtle) that was equipped with a transmitter while nesting in Colola, Michoacan (Mexico). The Colola, Michoacan community has been very supportive of this project, and J. Nichols hopes that the researchers can return their generosity with some interesting new information about the turtles that nest in their back yard!