Barrow Island Flatback Turtle Tracking 2011-2012 (aggregated per 1-degree cell)

Original provider:Pendoley Environmental Pty LtdDataset credits:Data providerWest Australian Sea Turtle Satellite Tracking ProjectOriginating data center<a href='http://www.seaturtle.org/tracking/' target='_blank'>Satellite Tracking and Analysis Tool (STAT)</a>Project partnerChevron Gorgon Project<br>Pendoley Environmental Pty LtdAbstract:Flatback turtles are being tracked from Barrow Island as part of the environmental investigations underpinning Chevron's Gorgon LNG project based on the island. The first turtles to be satellite tracked in Western Australia were released from Barrow Island in 2005 and since 2006 flatback turtles have been tracked annually from Barrow.<br><br>All proceeds from the adoption program for these animals are being donated to seaturtle.org This dataset is a summarized representation of the telemetry locations aggregated per species per 1-degree cell.