Field Activity 10STC01

Identifier 10STC01
Purpose Intercept nesting loggerhead female sea turtles on Cape Sable beaches in the Everglades to tag them with satellite, flipper, and Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags and sample them for genetics and isotopes.
Location Everglades National Park, FL
Info derived Satellite tracks of tagged females (N=3), genetic diversity of sampled turtles.
Comments Platform and Equipment: R/V Hewes, USGS Houseboat, and another small skiff
Platform
Unknown
Itinerary
Start Flamingo, FL 2010-06-25
End Flamingo, FL 2010-07-01
Bounds
West -81.2645
East -80.64918854
North 25.60265921
South 24.83326605
Topic 75
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
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