Occurrence record: acef_marine_turtle_nests:18441

Human observation of Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) | Loggerhead Turtle recorded on 1997
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Dataset

Data partner Ocean Biodiversity Information System
Data resource Marine Turtle Nesting Locations, Queensland and Northern Territory coastlines, Australia 1915-2012
Institution code Supplied institution code "ACEF"
Collection Supplied collection code "acef_marine_turtle_nests"
Catalog number 18441
Occurrence ID Marine Turtle Nesting Locations.18441
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Life stage Breeding
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Organism quantity 1.0
Supplied as 1
Organism quantity type nest count
Bibliographic citation unknown
Country conservation Endangered
Occurrence remarks 1-10
State conservation Queensland: Endangered
Supplied as E

Event

Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1997, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1997"
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Caretta caretta
Identified to rank species
Common name Loggerhead Turtle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Testudines
Family Cheloniidae
Genus Caretta
Species Caretta caretta
Scientific name ID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137205
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality WOONGARRA:ELLIOTT HEADS
Latitude -24.9204
Supplied as: "-24.9204"
Longitude 152.4928
Supplied as: "152.4928"
Datum EPSG:4326
Minimum depth in metres 0
Maximum depth in metres 0
Coordinate precision 0.0018
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 200.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Footprint well known text POINT (152.49280 -24.92040)

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Sandy
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Sandy
    NRM Regions 2010 Burnett Mary
    NRM Regions 2017 Burnett Mary
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Burnett Mary
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Eastern Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Tweed-Moreton
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Burnett - Pt A
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BUNDABERG REGIONAL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BURNETT
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Sea, estuaries (includes seagrass)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 943.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 117.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 104.5 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 45.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 367.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 37.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 368.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 23.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 22.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.75 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 11.05 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 17.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.75 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.17
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.1 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.565
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.73