Fine-Scale Tracking of Marine Turtles Using GPS-Argos PTTs

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• High-accuracy location data of wildlife telemetry using conventional satellite location systems are difficult to obtain. However, such data are necessary to clarify the nature of movements and home range sizes of animals. In order to measure the high-accuracy location data, we developed new GPS-Argos Platform Terminal Transmitters (PTTs) which transmit both the conventional location and GPS location simultaneously. Two experiments, one in an artificial rearing pond and the other in the open sea, were performed. First, two hawksbill turtles were tracked with the PTTs in a 5 ha breeding pond in Thailand. Their home ranges using both data were calculated and found to be 2.96 ha and 0.93 ha by the GPS data, and 156,740 ha and 184,478 ha by a conventional data. Secondly, a female green turtle attached with the GPS-Argos was released from the coast of Pangnga Province, Thailand. There was a relationship between depth and speed of travel based on the GPS data. The data from the PTT showed that the turtle moved south along the coastline at the depth of less than 20 m for 5 days, and then stayed at a depth of less than 10 m for 4 days. However, we could not find any clear relationship using conventional data. Only a meandering movement at a variety of depths was observed. The results of the two experiments indicated the PTTs have an enormous potential for enhancing our understanding of fine-scale movement patterns and home ranges of marine turtles.

• 社団法人日本動物学会の論文
• 2005-05-25

著者

• ARAI Nobuaki

  Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University

• Arai Nobuaki

  Department Of Fisheries Faculty Of Agriculture Kyoto University

• Arai Nobuaki

  Department Of Social Informatics Graduate School Of Informatics Kyoto University

• Yasuda Tohya

  Kyoto Univ. Kyoto Jpn

• Yasuda Tohya

  Department of Social Informatics, Graduate school of Informatics, Kyoto University

• Yasuda Tohya

  Department Of Social Informatics Graduate School Of Informatics Kyoto University

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