Wreck Rock Turtle Care - satellite tracking

aub.strydom@uqconnect.edu.au

Dataset credit

Data provider
Aubrey Strydom
Originating data center
Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)
Project partner
Aubrey Strydom (Satellite tracking & T1 - the ATV)
Lightforce (The light bars on T1)
Tom Garrett (Volunteer fox control)
TurtleCare Volunteers Queensland Inc.
Burnett Mary Regional Group for Natural Resource Management.
Queensland Parks & Wildlife, Deepwater National Park
Queensland Turtle Conservation Research Program: Aquatic Threatened Species Unit, (Department of Environment & Science)
Wildlife Computers, Redmond, Washington
CLS ARGOS

Contacts

RoleNameOrganization 
Primary contact Aubrey Strydom Aubrey Strydom
Data entry Michael Coyne seaturtle.org

Citation

Strydom A. 2024. Wreck Rock Turtle Care - satellite tracking. Data downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP (http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/2178) on yyyy-mm-dd and originated from Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT; http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/index.shtml?project_id=1381).

Abstract

Volunteers Neville and Bevlyn McLachlan initiated and have been running the Wreck Rock Turtle Care program for 45 years, with help from their family and friends.
Nev commenced monitoring back in the early 1970's and Bev joined him in 1977. They have not missed a nesting season since then.
Each season they spend December and January camped in the Deepwater National Park.
They spend their nights patrolling the beach on quad bikes and ATVs, and the next morning place mesh on the newly laid clutches to protect them from fox and goanna predation.

TurtleCare Volunteers Queensland Inc is an incorportated association established for the purpose of fostering conservation through study and enjoyment of turtles. Through this organization they have the ability to raise funds to further the study that operates in conjunction with the Turtle Research Program, centered around the Mon Repos Rookery, which is a part of the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.
The volunteers at Wreck Rock spend all night patrolling the 22km beach, tagging adult turtles, monitoring their nesting and the hatching of newborn turtles and trying to keep the foxes and goannas (monitor lizards) from destroying the nests during their 8 week incubation period.
Tom Garrett and Rusty, his fox sniffing dog, volunteer a month at Deepwater National Park each season targeting fox dens.

A special feature of this beach is that 4 species of turtles have been recorded nesting here. Loggerheads, greens, and flatbacks frequently nest in this area, and until the mid 1990's it was the last known nesting site in Queensland for the rare and huge leatherback turtle.

Purpose

N/A

Supplemental information

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References

Attributes

Overview

This section explains attributes included in the original dataset. OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only. Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
Only minimum required attributes are visible and downloadable online. Other attributes may be obtained upon provider's permission.

Attributes in dataset

Attribute (table column)Description
prognumProgram number
tag_idPTT ID
lcLocation class
iqQuality indicator
dir1Dir 1
nb_mesNumber of messages received
big_nb_mesdefinition not provided
best_levelBest signal strength in dB
pass_durationPass duration in seconds
nopcNumber Of Plausibility Checks successful (from 0-4)
calcul_freqCalculated frequency
altitudeAltitude used for location calculation
sensorsSensors
speciesSpecies name
project_idSTAT Project ID
lc_filterParameters to location filtering
speed_filterParameters to speed filtering
distance_filterParameters to distance filtering
topo_filterParameters to topo filtering
time_filterParameters to time filtering
angle_filterParameters to angle filtering
life_stageLife stage of the animal
genderGender of the animal
wetdryWet or dry
wetdry_filterParameters to Wet or dry filterint
obs_datetimeDate and time (local time zone)
timezone_hTime difference from UTC
OBIS-SEAMAP ID2178
Seabirds0
Marine mammals0
Sea turtles1,942
Rays and sharks0
Other species0
Non spatial0
Non species0
Total1,942
Date, Begin2021-12-21
Date, End2023-05-13
Temporal prec.111111
Latitude-27.56 - -9.78
Longitude143.30 - 153.57
Coord. prec.3 decimal digits
PlatformTag
Data typeTelemetry location
TracklinesYES (ID: 2179)
Traveled (km)7,665
Travel hours22,517
Contr. throughSatellite Tracking and Analysis Tool
Registered2022-02-01
Updated2024-02-29
StatusPublished
Sharing policy Permission required
Shared with SWOT
OBIS*
GBIF (via DOI)*
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