Sea Turtles and the Environmental Management of Industrial Activities in North West W.A. - Satellite telemetry

Updated: 2015-05-06

Satellite tracking data from twelve green turtle and nine hawksbill turtles are used to identify the internesting grounds at Barrow Island (green turtles), Varanus Island (hawksbill turtles), Rosemary Island (hawksbill turtles) and Sandy Island, Scott Reef (green turtles). The migratory pathways used by these animals returning to their foraging ground area individually reconstructed and analysed.