Session: OS-5C
Behavior, Movement, Tracking of Marine Megafauna

Chair

M. Blewitt

Time

13:20 - 14:20 on Tuesday, 7th of July 2015

Venue

Little Percy Baxter Lecture Theatre D2.194

13:20

High resolution Fastloc-GPS tracks reveal the complexity of sea turtle migrations

Antoine Dujon (Deakin University), Fredrik Christiansen (Murdoch University), Gail Schofield (Deakin University), Graeme Hays (Deakin University)
13:40

Tidal fronts and complex, submerged topography define movements of flatback sea turtles (Natator depressus)

Michele Thums (Australian Institute of Marine Science), David Waayers (Imbricata Environmental), Chari Pattiaratchi (University of Western Australia), Mark Meekan (Australian Institute of Marine Science)
14:00

Long term movement of Green Turtles Chelonia mydas in Gladstone Harbour: advantages of acoustic telemetry

Richard Pillans (CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere), Russ Babcock (CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere), Gary Fry (CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere), Toby Patterson (CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere), Mick Haywood (CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere), Elisabetta Morello (CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship)