5524 - Grupo Tortuguero: Pacific Sea Turtle Tracking

A project of Grupo Tortuguero Tracking Project.

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Background

This juvenile loggerhead was the first sea turtle of the 1998 project. Lupita was a 158 lb. loggerhead that was released with a satellite transmitter near Santa Rosaliita, Baja Californina, Mexico. She is the first of three turtles begin tracking this summer. This turtle is truly in the ocean wilderness and probably encounters only the rare fishing boat. Still, the nets and hooks of tuna and shark fishermen are a threat as we have seen in the past.

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