Thetis - Internesting and post-nesting movements of loggerheads from southern Kyparissia Bay, Greece

A project of ARCHELON.

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Ten months active channelling between west and east Med!

Background

The seventh turtle tracked this summer. Thetis is a sea goddess in Greek mythology (Nereides), daughter of Nereus and grand-daughter of Tethys. She gave birth to Achilles, the well-known hero of Trojan war.

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• This map connects positions generated by the ARGOS system designated as location class (lc) '3', '2', '1'. Locations that have been "filtered" are displayed as small red dots.
• This maps also shows locations of class '0', 'A' 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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