Marine Debris Project Final Report 2014

Juvenile turtle movement and vision experiments: Denise spent a week at Heron Island working withUniversity of Queensland (UQ) collaborators (Townsend, Schuyler and Marshall) focusing on some of themarine turtle components of the project. Satellite transmitters were attached to five juvenile green turtlesto look at turtle movements and foraging patterns. This will contribute to our understanding of where andwhat age classes of turtles are more likely to encounter and be impacted by marine debris. We’re alreadygetting good tracking data and we can see where turtles at Heron Island are spending their time. (Figures 8and 9)How to catch a turtle ...Satellite tag and flipper tag on turtle - prior to release …We ensure that all is well with newly tagged turtles prior to release (swimming in tank at Heron Island ResearchStation).Figure 8. Turtle tagging on Heron Island.Page | 235