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Green Sea Turtle on Loggerhead Key Beach
A Green sea turtle fitted with a USGS satellite tag on Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas National Park, Fl, USGS. Note: All marine turtle images taken in Florida were obtained with the approval of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Mari...
Green Sea Turtle Release from Boat
USGS biologists Kristen Hart, Jeff Beauchamp, and Thomas Shelby prepare to release a green sea turtle fitted with a satellite tag in the waters of Dry Tortugas National Park. Note: All marine turtle images taken in Florida were obtained with the approval of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) a...
Green Sea Turtle Swimming in Dry Tortugas National Park
A green sea turtle, sporting a USGS satellite tag, swims the waters of Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA. Note: All marine turtle images taken in Florida were obtained with the approval of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) u...
Green Sea Turtle Swimming over Seagrass Habitat
A green sea turtle (about 2.5 feet long) is caught by the georeferenced USGS ATRIS camera system while swimming over seagrass habitat at a depth of about 8 meters near Hospital Key in Dry Tortugas National Park....
Green Sea Turtle, Palmyra National Wildlife Refuge
A green sea turtle rests on the seafloor, Palmyra National Wildlife Refuge. ...
Release of a Satellite- and Acoustic-Tagged Endangered Adult Male Green Turtle Nicknamed Donald, Dry Tortugas National Park, June 2010
By tracking the movements of individual sea turtles with satellite and acoustic tags, we can determine habitat-use patterns of these endangered species throughout the marine ecosystem....
Sea turtle Nest, East Key, Dry Tortugas National Park
Low-lying loggerhead sea turtle nest that may be subject to inundation by sea water....
An Endangered Red Hawksbill Sea Turtle Swims Over a Threatened Elkhorn Coral in Virgin Islands National Park
This photo shows an endangered hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) swimming over a colony of elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata). USGS scientists are doing research on sea turtles and corals in Florida and the US Virgin Islands.... |