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)