Field Activity 10CRE02

Identifier 10CRE02
Purpose Servicing 7 acoustic receivers, tag nesting female sea turtles with satellite tags, conduct rodeo captures to tag sub adult and adult sea turtles, tag juvenile sea turtles, conduct benthic habitat characterization by diving in key turtle hotspots of activity.
Location Dry Tortugas National Park, FL
Info derived Animals that moved through zones where acoustic receivers are located, collect biological samples from tagged turtles, deploy satellite tags on turtles to begin to track their daily movements in and around the Tortugas.
Comments Platform: R/V Caretta (a 22-ft Whaler).
Platform
Fort Jefferson
Itinerary
Start Key West, FL 2010-07-19
End Key West, FL 2010-07-30
Bounds
West -83.1493
East -82.38161855
North 24.74111474
South 24.30610836
Topic 21
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Hart, Kristen
Crew members
Billy J Reynolds
Scientist, Staff
Keith A Ludwig
Scientist, Staff
Ilsa B Kuffner
Scientist, Staff
Anderson, Gordon
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Hart, Kristen
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Biological Field Study
Data type: Surveys (biological)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Satellite tag Experiments (biological), Surveys (biological) (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity