Dr. Lew Ehrhart and Dean Bagley (University of Central Florida) succeeded in attaching a satellite transmitter to track the movement of immature green turtles from the 70-90 cm size class. Juvenile greens in this size class are rarely seen by researchers in Florida’s waters and are rarely found stranded. Essentially this size class of green sea turtles is missing from the data. Researchers believe that when this size class of green sea turtles is encountered, they are nearly ready to leave the central east coast of Florida and travel to the next level of developmental habitat, which may be the adult foraging grounds for some of them. Researchers are now trying to find out where these turtles are by using satellite telemetry.
The nearshore and inshore waters of Florida’s central east coast provide optimal habitat for endangered juvenile green turtles, Chelonia mydas, and threatened immature loggerheads, Caretta caretta. The U.C.F. Marine turtle Research group began studying marine turtles in these waters in 1975 and is now involved in three long-term studies (in the central region of the Indian River Lagoon, over nearshore Atlantic Sabellariid worm rock reefs, and in the Trident Submarine Turning Basin at Pt. Canaveral). Upon returning to nearshore waters from a pelagic existence, it appears that juvenile green turtles move through several developmental habitats before reaching adult foraging grounds at or near maturity. Turtles originally tagged in U.C.F. study sites have been recaptured in Cuba, Belize and in Nicaragua, some within a relatively short time, others up to 13 years later. Learning when these movements or migrations occur is as critical to our understanding of sea turtle life history as learning migratory destinations.
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|CHARLIE – “Charlie”, named for Charles Gordon Witherington. He was a prominent Central Florida entomologist. During the latter 1950s, his research at the Medical Entomology Lab in Vero Beach, Florida was at the forefront of mosquito control using impoundments and played a large role in making coastal Florida a habitable place. He founded, and until 1992 owned and ran, Falcon Termite and Pest Control in Orlando. He retired in 1992 and one of his sons took over the business. “Charlie” is a 70.0 cm green turtle captured at the St. Lucie Power Plant. The satellite transmitter was attached and the turtle released from Walton Rocks Beach on October 20, 2005. Transmitter attachment was so much easier with the help of Mike Bresette and Ed de Maye.
|CHAPMAN – “Chapman” was named for Frank Chapman, noted ornithologist and mammalogist. He was the Associate Curator of Mammals and Birds and later Curator of Birds at the American Museum of Natural History. He spent time in Melbourne Beach at Oak Lodge, where he encouraged “Ma” Lathan to document the development of sea turtle hatchings from that beach. Also during his stays at Oak Lodge he discovered and named several small mammals including the Florida Mouse. Chapman was instrumental in helping Paul Kroegel in his efforts to get Pelican Island designated as the first National Wildlife Refuge in the world in 1903. He founded Audubon Magazine and came up with the original idea for the Christmas Bird Count. “Chapman” was released just south of the St. Lucie Power Plant at Walton Rocks on December 26, 2005. Many thanks to Dave Singewald of the St. Lucie Power Plant for his help with transmitter attachment.
|COLUMBUS – “Columbus”, named for Christopher, who discovered the new world. “Columbus” is a 75.2 cm green turtle captured at the St. Lucie Power Plant. The turtle was released on November 4, 2005 from Walton Rocks Beach after transmitter attachment. Transmitter attachment was conducted by Mike Bresette, Karrie Singel and Meghan Conti. Thanks ya’ll!
|JENNIFER – “Jennifer” is a green turtle who was first captured on October 10, 2002, off the west coast of Bermuda at a site named the Vixen (32.30725 N, 64.8880 W). She was captured in a 2000-ft entrapment net as part of the Bermuda Turtle Project, a joint research project of the Bermuda Aquarium and the Caribbean Conservation Corporation. The turtle measured 62.8 cm straight carapace length at the time she was captured and weighed 36.2 kg. Unlike many of the turtles captured as part of the project, she was seen on only one occasion. The site where Jennifer was originally tagged is a shallow grass bed that serves as a feeding area for green turtles. Nearly 2,500 green turtles have been captured, tagged and released as part of the Bermuda Turtle Project since it began in 1968. Another green turtle tagged in Bermuda stranded dead at Jupiter Inlet in September 2002.
Jennifer was later net captured on September 26, 2005 by the sea turtle research team at the St. Lucie Power Plant on Hutchinson Island Florida (about 40 miles north of West Palm Beach). Jennifer measured 67.2 cm straight carapace length and weighed 40.3kg. Jennifer had some problems though; her front flippers had minor constriction wounds and there was a small piece of nylon rope protruding from her cloaca (ouch!). The turtle was picked up by personnel from Florida Marine Research Institute and transported to SeaWorld for rehabilitation. After her brief stint in rehab the turtle was returned to the research team at the power plant on October 5, 2005.
The team at the power plant knew that this was a unique turtle and notified Dean Bagley of the University of Central Florida, who conducts studies on the migration routes of green turtles in this size class. We were able to obtain special permission, thanks to Meghan Conti (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) and successfully attached a satellite transmitter to her carapace before releasing her just south of the power plant at Walton Rocks on October 5, 2005. Jennifer is named for Jennifer Gray of the Bermuda Aquarium, who heads the Bermuda Sea Turtle Project along with Anne and Peter Meylan. Thanks to Carly and Ed de Maye and Mike Bresette for their help with the transmitter attachment.
|HUBBLE – “Hubble” is named for Edwin Hubble. Hubble developed the idea of the universe and provided the first evidence for the Big Bang theory, which described the birth and evolution of the universe. He discovered the cosmos, and in doing so founded the science of cosmology. The Hubble telescope is named in his honor. Our “Hubble” is an 82.3 cm green turtle captured at the St. Lucie Power Plant. A satellite transmitter was attached on November 27, 2005 prior to release at Walton Rocks Beach. Transmitter attachment was a breeze with the help of Mike Bresette.
|THOR – “Thor” for Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian anthropologist noted for his studies of cultural diffusion and leader of the Ra Expeditions. The Kon-Tiki expedition was to demonstrate that South American natives could have traveled to Polynesia. Ra II was used to float from western Africa to the West Indies to show how early seafaring people may have traveled to the Americas long before Columbus. “Thor” is a 72.8 cm green turtle captured at the St. Lucie Power Plant. After a satellite transmitter was attached, he was released at Walton Rocks on November 22, 2005. Transmitter attachment was made easier with the help of Ed de Maye and Dave Singewald.
|ANNIE – Annie was captured on December 6, 2004 at the St. Lucie Power Plant. Annie is a large green turtle of a size class not seen by the UCF group in nearly 30 years of netting. Records at the St. Lucie Power Plant show that they have captured only about 10 of these large turtles over the years and that none of them have ever been recaptured. She was a big, beautiful green turtle, measuring 83.5 cm straight carapace length. In keeping with the UCF tradition of naming our satellite-tracked green turtles after explorers or scientists, we had to think of someone pretty special for whom to name this turtle. Bruce Peery, who caught the turtle, also suggested who that should be. She was named “Annie” after Dr. Anne Meylan, a FWC Biologist and Sea Turtle Researcher, who has been and continues to be an inspiration to us all.
|BARTRAM – After receiving a call from the St. Lucie Power Plant saying that they had just captured a turtle large enough for a transmitter down there, UCF researchers headed south to the power plant. Bartram is the largest transmittered turtle in our study thus far, at 74.4 cm. Mike Bresette and Rick Herren assisted with the attachment. We finished at about 8:45 that night and left him quietly awaiting his release. We went to Melbourne for the night and returned in the morning to release Bartram into the Atlantic at about 11 a.m. on Jan 31, 2003.
|DARWIN – Darwin (after Charles Darwin) was first captured November 11, 2002 in Indian River Lagoon and released November 12, 2002 just south of Sebastian Inlet in the Indian River Lagoon. This turtle might be the largest we have sat tagged. She measured 69.5 but both pygals had been broken off at some time earlier, so she could have been up to 72 cm or larger. Researchers are very excited about her migration! She might have settled down just north of Card Sound Road at the north end of Key Largo.
|JACQUES – Jacques was one of 38 juvenile green turtles captured in the Indian River Lagoon (IRL) by the UCF group on 14 Feb. Transmitter was attached and turtle was released back into the IRL just south of Sebastian Inlet on Feb 15, 2003 at 8:30 a.m.
|WALLACE – Wallace was originally captured in 1996 in the Indian River Lagoon and has been recapped 3 times since. She is one of the longest in-residence lagoon turtles that researchers know of (6 years). She was originally caught during my study which showed her to be female. Wallace has remained in the same general area, but because the barrier island is so narrow and the accuracy of the hits are not exact, researchers cannot tell if she’s inside or outside.
|WALLY – Wally was a cold stunned turtle from the Jan 25-26, 2003 cold stun episode at Mosquito Lagoon. Sea turtles, like other cold blooded reptiles, can be affected by sudden drops in temperature. Sea turtles become lethargic and disorientated in extreme cold water, making it hard for them to swim and surface to breathe.
The cold-stunned turtles were brought to the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge (INWR) facility and held for 4 days until the water was warm enough to release on Thurs, 30 Jan. Stacy Kubis, Tomo Hirama and Dean Bagley went to MINWR to do the attachment after a phone call from Karen Holloway-Adkins of the Dynamac/NASA group (Jane Provancha, Mario Mota). The transmitter was attached and all of the cold stunned turtles including Wally were taken into Mosquito Lagoon with the help of the USFWS.
|CORONA – Corona, a 70.2 cm long juvenile green turtle, was captured in the nearshore worm rock reef south of the Sebastian Inlet (Indian River County, FL) on June 1, 2001. The turtle was captured in a large mesh tangle net as part of long-term population ecology studies. Corona was carefully examined to make sure that it was in good health and had no flipper damage of any kind. Corona was flipper tagged, measured and weighed before the satellite transmitter was attached.
|GULLIVER – Gulliver, a 70.2 cm long juvenile green turtle, was captured in the nearshore worm rock reef south of the Sebastian Inlet (Indian River County, FL) on June 8, 2001. The turtle was captured in a large mesh tangle net as part of long-term population ecology studies. Gulliver was carefully examined to make sure that it was in good health and had no flipper damage of any kind. Gulliver was flipper tagged, measured and weighed before the satellite transmitter was attached.
|PHINNEAS – Phinneas, a 70.5 cm long juvenile green turtle, was captured in the Indian River Lagoon south of the Sebastian Inlet (Indian River County, FL) on November 11, 2001. The turtle was captured in a large mesh tangle net as part of long-term population ecology studies. Phinneas was carefully examined to make sure that it was in good health and had no flipper damage of any kind. Phinneas was flipper tagged, measured and weighed before the satellite transmitter was attached.
|The 2004 Florida Juvenile Green Turtle Tracking Project was funded by a grant awarded from the Sea Turtle Grants Program. The Sea Turtle Grants Program is funded from proceeds from the sale of the Florida Sea Turtle License Plate. Learn more at www.helpingseaturtles.org
|Funding for the 2002/2003 Florida Juvenile Green Turtle Tracking Project and the Sea Turtle Migration-Tracking Education Program was provided by the Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund.
Dr. Lew Ehrhart na Dean Bagley (University of Central Florida) walifanikiwa kuunganisha transmitter ya satelaiti kufuatilia harakati za kasa wa kijani kutoka darasa la ukubwa wa sentimita 70-90. Vijana wa rangi ya kijani katika darasa hili la ukubwa hawaonekani mara nyingi na watafiti katika maji ya Florida na mara chache hupatikana wakiwa wamekwama. Kimsingi darasa hili ukubwa wa kasa wa bahari kijani ni kukosa kutoka data. Watafiti wanaamini kwamba wakati jamii hii ya ukubwa wa kasa wa bahari wa kijani hupatikana, wao ni karibu tayari kuondoka pwani ya mashariki ya kati ya Florida na kusafiri hadi kiwango kifuatacho cha mazingira ya maendeleo, ambayo inaweza kuwa msingi wa chakula cha watu wazima kwa baadhi yao. Sasa watafiti wanajaribu kujua mahali ambapo kasa hao wako kwa kutumia vifaa vya kupima umbali kupitia satelaiti. Maji ya karibu na pwani ya pwani ya mashariki ya kati ya Florida hutoa mazingira bora kwa kasa wa kijani wa vijana walio hatarini, Chelonia mydas, na matumaini ya loggerheads wasio na ukomavu, Caretta caretta. U.C.F. Kikundi cha utafiti cha Turtle Marine kilianza kuchunguza kasa wa baharini katika maji haya mnamo 1975 na sasa inahusika katika masomo matatu ya muda mrefu (katika eneo la kati la Indian River Lagoon, juu ya pwani ya karibu ya pwani ya Atlantiki, na katika Trident Submarine Turning Basin). Canaveral). Baada ya kurudi kwenye maji ya karibu na pwani kutoka kwa maisha ya pelagic, inaonekana kwamba kasa wa kijani mchanga husafiri kupitia makazi kadhaa ya maendeleo kabla ya kufikia maeneo ya chakula ya watu wazima wakati au karibu na ukomavu. Turtles awali tagged katika U.C.F. Maeneo ya utafiti yamechukuliwa tena nchini Cuba, Belize na Nikaragua, baadhi ya maeneo hayo yalichukuliwa kwa muda mfupi, na mengine yalichukuliwa miaka 13 baadaye. Kujifunza wakati harakati hizi au uhamiaji hutokea ni muhimu kwa uelewa wetu wa historia ya maisha ya kasa wa bahari kama kujifunza marudio ya uhamiaji. Kwa habari zaidi juu ya kasa wa baharini, angalia sehemu ya Habari za Kasa wa Bahari kwenye tovuti yetu. Bonyeza jina la kasa ili kuona ramani ya harakati zake. <unk>CHARLIE <unk> <unk>Charlie<unk>, jina lake kwa Charles Gordon Witherington. Alikuwa mtaalamu mashuhuri wa wadudu katika eneo la Florida ya Kati. Katika miaka ya 1950, utafiti wake katika Maabara ya Entomolojia ya Matibabu huko Vero Beach, Florida, ulikuwa katika mstari wa mbele wa udhibiti wa mbu kwa kutumia impoundments na ulicheza jukumu kubwa katika kufanya pwani ya Florida mahali pa kuishi. Tangu mwaka 1992 alikuwa na kampuni ya Falcon Termites na Pest Control huko Orlando. Alianza kazi yake mwaka 1992 na mmoja wa wanawe akachukua biashara hiyo. "Charlie" ni kasa wa kijani mwenye urefu wa sentimita 70.0 aliyekamatwa katika Kituo cha Umeme cha St. Lucie. Mlipuko wa satellite ulifungwa na kamba huyo aliachiliwa kutoka Walton Rocks Beach Oktoba 20, 2005. Kuunganisha transmitter ilikuwa rahisi sana kwa msaada wa Mike Bresette na Ed de Maye. <unk>CHAPMAN <unk> <unk>Chapman<unk> alipewa jina la Frank Chapman, mtaalamu mashuhuri wa ndege na wanyama wa mamalia. Alikuwa Mshirika Mkurugenzi wa Mamalia na Ndege na baadaye Mkurugenzi wa Ndege katika Makumbusho ya Marekani ya Historia ya Asili. Alitumia muda katika Melbourne Beach katika Oak Lodge, ambapo alitia moyo <unk>Ma<unk> Lathan kurekodi maendeleo ya turtle bahari hatchings kutoka pwani hiyo. Pia wakati wa kukaa kwake katika Oak Lodge aligundua na jina mamalia kadhaa ndogo ikiwa ni pamoja na Florida Mouse. Mwaka 1903 Paul Krugel alishirikiana na chama cha Pelican Island kuanzisha hifadhi ya wanyama wa porini. Alianzisha Gazeti la Audubon na akaja na wazo la awali la Hesabu ya Ndege ya Krismasi. "Chapman"" ilitolewa kusini tu ya St. Lucie Power Plant katika Walton Rocks Desemba 26, 2005. Asanteni sana Dave Singewald wa St. Lucie Power Plant kwa msaada wake na kiunganishi cha transmitter. <unk>COLUMBUS <unk> <unk>Columbus<unk>, jina lake lilitokana na Christopher, aliyegundua ulimwengu mpya. <unk>Columbus<unk> ni 75.2 cm kijani kamba kukamatwa katika St. Lucie Power Plant. Turtle huyo aliachiliwa Novemba 4, 2005 kutoka pwani ya Walton Rocks baada ya kuunganishwa kwa transmitter. Transmitter kiambatisho ilifanywa na Mike Bresette, Karrie Singel na Meghan Conti. Asanteni sana! "Jennifer ni kipepeo wa aina ya ""Green Turtle"" ambaye aliwahi kukamatwa mnamo Oktoba 10, 2002 katika eneo la Vixen, Bermuda, Marekani." Mnyama huyo aliwekwa katika wavu wa kutunza nyangumi wa Bermuda, mradi wa pamoja wa aquarium ya Bermuda na shirika la Caribbean Conservation Corporation. Wakati alipokamatwa, kasa huyo alikuwa na urefu wa sentimita 62.8 na uzito wa kilo 36.2. Tofauti na kasa wengi waliokamatwa katika sehemu ya mradi huo, alionekana mara moja tu. Mahali ambapo Jennifer awali aliwekwa alama ni kwenye nyasi ndogo ambayo hutumika kama eneo la kulisha kasa wa kijani kibichi. Tangu mwaka 1968 karibu kasa 2,500 wamekamatwa, wamepigwa alama na kuachiliwa huru katika mradi wa Bermuda Turtle Project. Turtle mwingine wa Bermuda aliuawa katika bahari ya Jupiter mnamo Septemba 2002. Jennifer alipatikana Septemba 26, 2005 na timu ya utafiti wa kasa wa bahari katika St. Lucie Power Plant katika kisiwa cha Hutchinson, Florida, karibu maili 40 kaskazini mwa West Palm Beach. Jennifer alikuwa na urefu wa sentimita 67.2 na uzito wa kilo 40.3. Jennifer alikuwa na matatizo fulani ingawa; flippers yake ya mbele alikuwa na majeraha madogo constriction na kulikuwa na kipande kidogo cha kamba nylon protruding kutoka cloaca yake (ouch!). Turtle huyo alichukuliwa na wafanyakazi kutoka Taasisi ya Utafiti wa Bahari ya Florida na kusafirishwa hadi SeaWorld kwa ajili ya ukarabati. Baada ya muda mfupi katika kituo cha matibabu, kasa huyo alirudishwa kwa timu ya utafiti katika kituo cha umeme Oktoba 5, 2005. Timu ya kiwanda cha umeme ilijua kwamba hii ilikuwa kasa wa kipekee na kumjulisha Dean Bagley wa Chuo Kikuu cha Florida ya Kati, ambaye anafanya masomo juu ya njia za uhamiaji wa kasa wa kijani katika darasa hili la ukubwa. "Tuliweza kupata ruhusa maalum, shukrani kwa Meghan Conti (Komisoni ya Uhifadhi wa Samaki na Wanyamapori ya Florida) na kufanikiwa kuunganisha transmitter ya satelaiti kwenye carapace yake kabla ya kumwachilia kusini tu ya kituo cha umeme cha Walton Rocks mnamo Oktoba 5, 2005.""" Jennifer Gray ni mwandishi wa kitabu cha Bermuda Sea Turtle Project, ambacho kinaitwa kwa jina la Jennifer Gray, ambaye anafanya kazi katika Bermuda Sea Turtle Project pamoja na Anne na Peter Maylan. Karlie, Ed de Maia na Mike Bresette wamekuwa wakisaidia sana katika kuunganisha vipeperushi. Hubble ni jina kwa ajili ya Edwin Hubble. Hubble alianzisha nadharia ya ulimwengu na kutoa ushahidi wa kwanza kwa nadharia ya Big Bang, ambayo ilielezea kuzaliwa na mageuzi ya ulimwengu. Aligundua ulimwengu, na kwa kufanya hivyo akaanzisha sayansi ya cosmology. Darubini-upeo ya Hubble imepewa jina lake kwa heshima yake. "Hubble" yetu ni kasa wa kijani mwenye urefu wa sentimita 82.3 aliyekamatwa katika Kituo cha Umeme cha St. Lucie. Mkutano huo ulifanyika tarehe 27 Novemba 2005 na kuanzishwa kwa kituo cha redio cha Walton Rocks Beach. Kuunganisha kipeperushi ilikuwa rahisi kwa msaada wa Mike Bresette. Thor Heyerdahl alikuwa mwananthropolojia wa Norway aliyejulikana kwa masomo yake ya kuenea kwa utamaduni na kiongozi wa Ra Expeditions. Safari ya Kon-Tiki ilikuwa kuonyesha kwamba wenyeji wa Amerika Kusini wangeweza kusafiri hadi Polinesia. Ra II ilitumiwa kuelea kutoka Afrika Magharibi hadi West Indies kuonyesha jinsi watu wa mapema wa baharini wanaweza kuwa walienda Amerika muda mrefu kabla ya Columbus. <unk>Thor<unk> ni kamba ya kijani yenye urefu wa sentimita 72.8 aliyekamatwa katika Kituo cha Umeme cha St. Lucie. Baada ya kuunganishwa kwa kipeperushi cha satelaiti, aliachiliwa katika Walton Rocks mnamo Novemba 22, 2005. Kuunganisha transmitter ilifanywa rahisi kwa msaada wa Ed de Maye na Dave Singewald. Annie alishikwa Desemba 6, 2004 katika St. Lucie Power Plant. "Annie ni kasa mkubwa wa rangi ya kijani ambaye ""hajawahi kuonekana"" na kikundi cha UCF katika karibu miaka 30 ya uvuvi." Kwa mujibu wa St. Lucia Power Plant, watu wengi wamewahi kuuawa na kuuawa na nyangumi hao. Mnyama huyo alikuwa na urefu wa sentimita 83.5 na alikuwa na kifuniko cha rangi ya kijani. Kwa mujibu wa utamaduni wa UCF wa kuwapa majina ya watafiti au wanasayansi, tulilazimika kufikiria mtu wa pekee ambaye angeweza kumpa jina la kamba huyu. Bruce Peery, aliyemkamata kasa huyo, pia alipendekeza ni nani anayepaswa kuwa. "Mwanamke huyo aliitwa ""Annie"" kwa jina la Daktari Anne Meilan, mwanabiolojia wa FWC na mtafiti wa kasa wa baharini, ambaye amekuwa na anaendelea kuwa msukumo kwa sisi sote." Baada ya kupokea simu kutoka St. Lucia Power Plant, wakisema kwamba walikuwa tu kukamatwa kasa kubwa ya kutosha kwa ajili ya transmitter huko chini, UCF watafiti walikwenda kusini kwa power plant. Bartram ni kamba mkubwa zaidi aliyehusika katika utafiti wetu hadi sasa, na urefu wa sentimita 74.4. Mike Bresette na Rick Herren walisaidia na kiambatisho. Tulimaliza kazi yake saa 8:45 usiku na kumwachia kimya kimya akisubiri kuachiliwa. """Tulienda Melbourne usiku na kurudi asubuhi ili kumwachilia Bartram katika Bahari ya Atlantiki karibu saa 11 asubuhi Januari 31, 2003." Darwin (baada ya Charles Darwin) kwanza kukamatwa Novemba 11, 2002 katika Indian River Lagoon na iliyotolewa Novemba 12, 2002 tu kusini ya Sebastian Inlet katika Indian River Lagoon. Huenda kasa huyu ndiye mkubwa zaidi tuliyewahi kumwona. Alikuwa na urefu wa sentimita 69,5 lakini miguu yake yote miwili ilikuwa imevunjika wakati fulani mapema, kwa hiyo angeweza kuwa na urefu wa sentimita 72 au zaidi. Watafiti wanafurahi sana kuhusu uhamaji wake! Huenda aliishi kaskazini mwa Barabara ya Card Sound upande wa kaskazini wa Key Largo. "Mchwa wa baharini wa ""Wallace"" aliuawa na kuuawa na kundi la wavuvi wa bahari la UCF katika eneo la Indian River Lagoon mnamo Februari 14, 2003 na kuachiliwa tena katika eneo la Indian River Lagoon mnamo Februari 15, 2003." Yeye ni mmoja wa kasa wa ziwa wa muda mrefu zaidi ambao watafiti wanajua (miaka sita). Yeye awali alikamatwa wakati wa utafiti wangu ambayo alionyesha yake kuwa mwanamke. Wallace amebaki katika eneo hilo la jumla, lakini kwa sababu kisiwa cha kizuizi ni nyembamba sana na usahihi wa hits si sahihi, watafiti hawawezi kusema kama yeye ni ndani au nje. Wally alikuwa mnyama wa kamba aliyefadhaika na baridi kutoka kipindi cha baridi cha Januari 25-26, 2003 huko Mosquito Lagoon. Kama wanyama wengine wenye damu baridi, kasa wa baharini wanaweza kuathiriwa na kupungua kwa joto ghafula. Kwa sababu ya hali hiyo, kasa wa baharini huwa na wasiwasi na huzunguka-zunguka katika maji baridi sana, na hivyo huwa vigumu kuogelea na kupumua. Wanyama hao walipelekwa kwenye kituo cha Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge (INWR) na kuhifadhiwa kwa siku nne hadi maji yalipoanza kuwa moto vya kutosha kuachiliwa siku ya Alhamisi, Januari 30, Stacy Kubis, Tomo Hirama na Dean Bagley walienda kwenye kituo cha MINWR kufanya kazi hiyo baada ya wito wa simu kutoka kwa Karen Holloway-Adkins wa kikundi cha Dynamic. Mlipuko huo ulifungwa na kasa wote walioshuka na baridi, ikiwa ni pamoja na Wally, walipelekwa katika Mosquito Lagoon kwa msaada wa USFWS. "Kuna ndege aina ya ""Corona"" mwenye urefu wa sentimita 70,2 ambaye aliuawa katika mwamba wa mwamba ulio karibu na pwani ya Sebastian Inlet, Indiana, Florida, mnamo Juni 1, 2001."" Kipepeo huyo alikamatwa katika wavu mkubwa wa kuunganisha wavu kama sehemu ya masomo ya muda mrefu ya ikolojia ya idadi ya watu. "Wanafunzi walichunguza kwa makini ili kuhakikisha kwamba ndege hiyo ilikuwa na afya nzuri na haikuwa na ""madhara ya flipper ya aina yoyote.""" Corona ilikuwa flipper tagged, kipimo na uzito kabla ya transmitter satellite ilikuwa amefungwa. Gulliver, mnyama wa aina ya Green Turtle, alipatikana katika eneo la karibu na pwani ya Worm Rock Reef kusini mwa Sebastian Inlet, Indiana, Florida, Juni 8, 2001. Kipepeo huyo alikamatwa katika wavu mkubwa wa kuunganisha wavu kama sehemu ya masomo ya muda mrefu ya ikolojia ya idadi ya watu. Gulliver alichunguzwa kwa uangalifu ili kuhakikisha kwamba alikuwa na afya nzuri na hakuwa na uharibifu wowote wa fin. Gulliver alitiwa alama ya kiwambo, kupimwa na kupimwa kabla ya kipeperushi cha satelaiti kuunganishwa. Phineas, mnyama wa kamba wa kijani mwenye urefu wa sentimita 70, alifungwa katika Bonde la Mto Indian kusini mwa Sebastian Inlet, Indiana, Novemba 11, 2001. Kipepeo huyo alikamatwa katika wavu mkubwa wa kuunganisha wavu kama sehemu ya masomo ya muda mrefu ya ikolojia ya idadi ya watu. Phineas alichunguzwa kwa uangalifu ili kuhakikisha kwamba alikuwa na afya nzuri na hakuwa na uharibifu wowote wa fin. Phinneas alitiwa alama ya kiwiko, kupimwa na kupimwa kabla ya kipeperushi cha satelaiti kuunganishwa. Mradi wa kufuatilia Florida Juvenile Green Turtle ulifadhiliwa na mpango wa Sea Turtle Grants. Programu ya Misaada ya Turtle ya Bahari inafadhiliwa kutoka kwa mapato kutoka kwa uuzaji wa Florida Turtle ya Bahari ya Florida. "Kama ilivyoelezwa hapo juu, ""Msaada wa Ufuatiliaji wa Turtle ya Kijana ya Florida ya 2002-2003 na Programu ya Elimu ya Ufuatiliaji wa Uhamiaji wa Turtle ya Bahari ilitolewa na Mfuko wa Uhifadhi wa Wanyama wa Pori wa Disney."""