WAMSI 2 - Kimberley Node - Project 1.2.2 - Key biological indices required to understand and manage nesting sea turtles along the Kimberley coast

The main components of the project were:

1. to map the distribution of nesting beaches across the Kimberley in space and time;
2. define nesting stocks of green and flatback turtles;
3. develop understanding of their thermal biology and the implications of climate change; and
4. ensure Indigenous involvement through engagement, employment, participation, planning and training.

Data includes (TBC)

• Turtle track counts (onground) Cape Domett flatback; Raw geo referenced counts
• Turtle track counts (onground) Eighty Mile Beach; Raw geo-referenced
• Turtle track counts (onground) Multiple locations; Raw geo-referenced
• Aerial Survey – turtle track counts (Jan 2014); Unprocessed images
• Aerial Survey – turtle track counts (Jan 2014); Turtle track locations
• Aerial Survey – turtle track counts (Jul 2014); Unprocessed images
• Aerial Survey – turtle track counts (Jul2014); Turtle track locations
• Priority nesting beaches by species; Processed locations
• Weather Data – Cape Domett; Raw
• Weather Data – Location 2 UWA (WAMSI) Eighty Mile Beach; Raw
• Weather Data –3 Raw UWA (WAMSI) Short Term Deployments; Raw
• Physiological datasets for flatback embryos
• Genetic Samples for green, flatback and other marine turtles
• DNA sequences (mitochondrial DNA for green turtles). Will be deposited on Genbank (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank
• Genotypes for flatback and green turtles ; Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (genotype – by–sequencing) will deposit on DRYAD digital repository (http://datadryad.org)
• Genotypes of flatback and green turtles; Microsateliite DNA polymorphisms, will deposit on DRYAD digital repository (http://datadryad.org)