The slip-on harness improves satellite tag deployment on nesting flatbacks

Andrew Mark Raith, Michael Guinea, Samantha Walker, Ella-Monique Mason

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    Abstract

    The problem of attaching satellite tags to flatback turtles with their waxy carapace that defies adhesives was first tackled in Australia using a harness to carry the tag (Sperling and Guinea 2004). These original harnesses were hand made and hand sown and were individually fitted to the turtles. They proved most effective for their purpose which was to track nesting females during their internesting period of about 14 days (Guinea et al. 2006). They were to be removed from the turtles on the next nesting attempt and attached to new individuals to record their internesting locations.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the Third Australian Marine Turtle Symposium
    PublisherAusTurtle Inc.
    Pages48-50
    Number of pages3
    ISBN (Electronic)978-0-6484020-1-5
    ISBN (Print)978-0-6484020-0-8
    Publication statusPublished - 2018
    EventThird Australian Marine Turtle Symposium - Territory Wildlife Park, Darwin, Australia
    Duration: 22 Aug 201624 Aug 2016

    Conference

    ConferenceThird Australian Marine Turtle Symposium
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    CityDarwin
    Period22/08/1624/08/16

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