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Table 1 Summary of satellite-tracking details for nesting loggerheads tracked to residence areas in the Bahamas 2008–2013

From: Bahamas connection: residence areas selected by breeding female loggerheads tagged in Dry Tortugas National Park, USA

Turtle Tagging date Size Tracking period (days) Residence period (days) MDL 50% KDE, km 2 (ACs) 95% KDE, km 2 (ACs) Depth (m) Distance to shore (km)
East Key
A 5/20/2008 111.6 5/20/2008–11/2/2009 (532) 7/31/2008–11/1/2009 (459) 383 21.4 (1) 242.0 (27) −7 1.6
B 6/7/2009 95.5 6/7/2009–12/4/2009 (181) 8/1/2009–12/4/2009 (126) 119 29.4 (1) 258.6 (17) −2 51.6
B* 7/3/2012 (Recap) 7/4/2012–10/23/2013 (477) 7/26/2012–10/23/2013 (455) 116 13.5 (1) 100.4 (9) −2 51.7
C 6/14/2009 95.4 6/14/2009–10/24/2009 (133) 8/21/2009–10/23/2009 (64) 44 40.0 (1) 229.2 (3) −3 65.8
D 5/29/2010 90 5/29/2010–10/21/2010 (146) 7/30/2010–9/15/2010 (48)• and 9/23/2010–10/20/2010 (28) 21 36.3 (1) 175.6 (2) −5 49.8
E 5/29/2010 91 5/30/2010–8/18/2010 (81) None• NA N/A N/A N/A N/A
E* 5/9/2012 (Recap) 5/10/2012–1/4/2013 (240) 8/6/2012–1/4/2013 (152) 31 3.7 (3) 16.5 (3) −9 1.2
F 6/2/2010 88.8 6/2/2010–8/14/2010 (74) 7/25/2010–8/10/2010 (17)• NA N/A N/A N/A N/A
G 6/2/2010 91.5 6/3/2010–10/21/2010 (141) 8/24/2010–8/25/2010 (2)• and 9/2/2010–10/21/2010 (50) 22 104.2 (1) 524.5 (1) −2 61.5
G* 7/5/2012 (Recap) 7/6/2012–5/7/2013 (306) 8/25/2012–5/7/2013 (256) 48 63.9 (3) 356.7 (5) −2 62.6
L 7/18/2011 92 7/19/2011–1/17/2013 (549) 8/23/2011–1/17/2013 (514) 255 86.0 (3) 470.0 (12) −7 55.5
L* 7/12/2013 92 7/12/2013–10/23/2013 (104) 8/19/2013–10/23/2013 (66) 66 35.1 (1) 176.9 (1) −6 55
M 5/11/2012 99.5 5/11/2012–8/11/2012 (93) 7/15/2012–7/28/2012 (14)• and 8/8/2012–8/10/2012 (3)• NA N/A N/A N/A N/A
N 5/13/2012 88 5/14/2012–11/72012 (178) 7/22/2012–11/7/2012 (109) 80 46.9 (1) 290.7 (4) −6 65
P 7/4/2012 92.5 7/5/2012–4/7/2013 (277) 8/27/2012–4/7/2013 (224) 57 50.1 (1) 338.1 (4) −11 65.1
Q 7/4/2012 99 7/5/2012–3/13/2013 (252) 8/13/2012–3/13/2013 (213) 86 159.9 (5) 675.4 (4) −13 54.7
R 5/19/2013 95.3 5/19/2013–10/17/2013 (152) 9/3–10/17/2013 (45) 34 22.5 (3) 89.5 (2) −88 2.7
S 7/11/2013 91.9 7/11/2013–10/23/2013 (105) 7/29–10/23/2013 (87) 87 5.8 (1) 34.9 (3) −2 43.9
Loggerhead Key
H 5/23/2011 100.5 5/23/2011–7/29/2011 (68) None• N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
I 5/24/2011 93 5/24/2011–10/9/2012 (505) 7/29/2011–10/9/2012 (439) 47 179.5 (1) 1,053.3 (4) −9 72.9
J 7/15/2011 92.5 7/16/2011–2/8/2013 (574) 8/13/2011–2/8/2013 (546) 226 33.6 (1) 192.5 (10) −8 60.1
K 7/16/2011 86 7/16/2011–6/18/2013 (704) 8/22/2011–6/18/2013 (667) 386 30.9 (2) 300.0 (32) −15 55.6
O 5/13/2012 89.5 5/14/2012–8/22/2013 (466) 8/14/2012–8/22/2013 (374) 52 104.6 (1) 577.8 (4) −2 1.8
  1. Tagging location given in table. Turtles with multiple residence periods have dates in italics. Size given in cm measured as SCL-tip. MDL mean daily locations, AC activity center. Depth and distance to shore are from centroid locations. All tracks passed site fidelity with p > 99.0099. Turtles with residence periods less than 20 days were not included in site-fidelity tests. A • indicates time periods with not enough mean daily locations for KDE analysis (time periods given are from SSM results and available points may be less than predicted dates). A * after the turtle letter denotes the second tracking period for that particular individual.
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