Turtle
CCL
Date
ID no.
(cms)
tagged
Tracking
duration
(days)
Internesting
No. of days (locations)
Migration
Residency
No. of days
No. of days
(locations)
(locations)
Residence site
Movement Pattern Type A1 (after Godley et al. 2008)
Southern shore of Muyal Island, Gulf of Mannar, India
1
117.5
30.07.06
145
No internesting tracked
9 (48)
136 (397)
Displacement: 415 km from RS
Depth: 75% (n=298) of site locations in <6.5m.
Habitat: Sea grass, fringing reef and associated reef vegetation1,2,3
Southern shore of Thalaiyari Island, Gulf of Mannar, India
2
110.1
02.08.06
64
1 interval close to RS
17 (34)
9 (45)
38 (209)
Displacement: 409 km from RS
Depth: 75% (n=157) of site locations in <1.5m.
Habitat: Sea grass and fringing reef1,2,3
Site between Thalaiyari Island and Appa Island, Gulf of Mannar, India
3
106.3
06.08.06
98
1 interval close to RS
17 (48)
29 (45)
52 (39)
Displacement: 403 km from RS
Depth: 75% (n=29) of site locations in 1m.
Habitat: Sea grass and fringing reef1,2,3
Site southwest of Mannar Island, Gulf of Mannar, Sri Lanka
4
107.5
19.06.07
63
1 interval close to RS
14 (32)
11 (48)
38 (63)
Displacement: 350 km from RS
Depth: 75% (n=47) of site locations in <15m.
Habitat: Unknown benthos.
5
101.2
07.08.06
166
5 intervals close to RS
66 (67)
35 (67)
65 (9)
Turtle 6: Shirali Island, Karnataka, India
Displacement: 1128 km from RS.
Depth: 75% (n=59) of site locations in <4.5m
6
109.9
18.06.07
152
5 intervals close to RS
75 (105)
27 (117)
50 (79)
Habitat: Unknown benthos with high, year-round turbidity.
NB. No centroid calculated from turtle 5, but last LC ‘A’ transmitted from
Shirali Island.
Movement Pattern A3 (after Godley et al. 2008)
Habbaraduwa, Sri Lanka
1 interval close to RS
7
95
03.08.06
62
15 (38)
1 interval at Habbaraduwa
3 (14)
30 (75)
14 (50)
Displacement: 60 km from RS
Depth: 75% (n=56) of site locations in <17m.
Habitat: Unknown, but likely inshore rocky reef, degraded corals
2,4,5
Bundala, Sri Lanka
8
97.1
16.06.07
159
4 intervals at Bundala
65 (168)
1 (6)
93 (195)
Displacement: 38 km from RS
Depth: 75% (n=146) of site locations in <17m.
Habitat: Unknown, but likely inshore rocky reef, degraded corals
Ussangoda, Sri Lanka
1 interval close to RS
9
90.1
17.06.07
69
14 (45)
2 intervals at Ussangoda
1 (2)
25 (83)
29 (97)
Displacement: 16 km from RS
Depth: 75% (n=62) of site locations in <14m.
Habitat: Unknown, but likely inshore rocky reef, degraded corals
Movement Pattern Type B (after Godley et al. 2008)
Minicoy, India
10
92.8
08.08.06
140
5 intervals close to RS
78 (140)
2,4,5
20 (83)
42 (91)
Displacement: 898 km from RS
Depth: 90% (n=82) of site locations in >1000m.
Habitat: Oceanic habitat associated with coral atoll
2,6,7
2,4,5