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Cemetery Beach Port Hedland Flatback Tracking Project 2009/2010
A project of Western Australian Sea Turtle Satellite Tracking Project.
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 click map for full-size version As at 1400 hours on 21 Dec 2009 severe tropical cyclone Laurence (Cat 5) was 150 km due east of this turtle on a heading of 170 degrees
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Species: Flatback Turtle
Life Stage: adult
Gender: Female
Release Date: 2009-12-11 19:25:00
Release Location: Cemetery Beach
Last Location: 2010-09-09 23:56:25
Adoptive Parents:
Huntsville Public Library
Greg Golikov
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Background
This tracking program is supported by BHP Billiton Quantum outer harbour project and is being carried out in conjunction with flatback turtle flipper tagging program on Cemetery Beach. The results will provide data on the number of turtle nesting at Cemetery Beach and will allow researchers to identify turtles that move between rookeries (eg turtles tagged at Mundabullangana have been seen at Cemetery Beach) in addition to showing us where they go between nesting events both within a season and between seasons, what migratory corridors they use when returning to remote foraging grounds and will show us where those foraging grounds are.
As at 21 December 2009 this turtle was in the pathway of a Cat 2 cyclone (T.C. Laurence) approaching from the north west.