Field Activity 11CRE02

Identifier 11CRE02
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, 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 Additional Equipment Used: Laptop, Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) Platform: R/V Carretta (USGS Gainesville 25-ft Dorado)
Platform
Fort Jefferson
Itinerary
Start Key West, FL 2011-05-16
End Key west, FL 2011-05-26
Bounds
West -82.9391
East -82.82165167
North 24.66599406
South 24.5802161
Topic 21
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

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

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation
Data type: Photo, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Camera, Digital, Hand Held Photo (no data reported)
Digital Camera Photo, Video (no data reported)
Garmin GPS Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity