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Table 1 Re-observation of Canadian-tagged leatherback turtles on nesting beaches in South and Central America and the Caribbean

From: Evaluating outcomes of long-term satellite tag attachment on leatherback sea turtles

Turtle ID

Date tagged

Attachment type

Max tag date

Nesting date

Δt (days)

Country

Attachment state

Tag recovery

A

2001-07-19

Harness

2002-05-08

2003-04-15

635

TT

Tag attached, not functioning; carapace scarred and disfigured

Yes

    

2003-05-14

664

TT

  
    

2003-06-03

684

TT

  
    

2003-06-13

694

TT

  
    

2005-04-09

1360

TT

  
    

2005-05-11

1392

TT

  

B

2001-08-14

Harness

2002-05-22

2004-03-28

957

CL

Details unavailable

No

    

2004-04-09

969

CL

  
    

2004-04-28

988

CL

  

C

2001-08-15

Harness

2002-03-29

2005-04-08

1332

PN

Details unavailable

No

    

2005-05-11

1365

PN

  

D

2002-08-30

Harness

2002-11-22

2003-07-14

318

SR

Details unavailable

No

E

2002-09-09

Harness

2002-12-03

2003-06-13

277

PN

Tag missing; injury details unavailable

No

    

2005-03-24

927

PN

  
    

2007-04-07

1671

PN

  
    

2007-04-18

1682

PN

  
    

2007-04-26

1690

PN

  
    

2007-05-23

1717

PN

  
    

2007-05-31

1725

CR

  

F

2002-09-11

Harness

2002-11-16

2003-04-15

216

PN

Details unavailable

No

    

2003-05-05

236

CR

  
    

2003-05-13

244

PN

  
    

2003-05-22

253

PN

  

G

2003-07-18

Harness

2003-09-18

2004-05-18

305

TT

Details unavailable

No

H

2003-08-27

Harness

2004-03-06

2006-06-03

1011

TT

Tag missing; carapace scarred

No

I

2004-08-26

Harness

2004-10-31

2005-06-23

301

FG

Tag missing; injury details unavailable

No

J

2004-09-06

Harness

2005-02-08

2005-06-03

270

SR

Tag missing; injury details unavailable

No

    

2007-06-14

1011

FG

  

K

2008-07-17

Direct

2009-05-22

2009-05-21

308

CL

Tag attached, functioning

Yes

L

2008-07-24

Direct

2009-03-22

2009-03-22

241

FG

Tag partially attached, functioning; drill channels healing

Yes

    

2009-04-02

252

FG

  
    

2009-04-24

274

FG

  
    

2009-05-02

282

FG

  
    

2009-05-12

292

FG

  
    

2009-05-23

303

FG

  
    

2009-05-31

311

FG

  
    

2009-06-10

321

FG

  
    

2009-06-21

332

FG

  
    

2011-04-08

988

FG

  
    

2011-04-18

998

FG

  

M

2008-07-27

Direct

2009-07-11

2010-05-16

658

TT

Details unavailable

No

N

2009-07-15

Direct

2010-01-17

2010-04-10

269

PN

Tag partially attached, not functioning; injury details unavailable

Yes

    

2010-05-02

291

PN

  
    

2010-05-13

302

PN

  

O

2009-08-21

Direct

2009-11-10

2010-04-17

239

FG

Tag missing; faded epidermis under tag, drill channels healing

No

    

2010-05-05

257

FG

  

P

2009-08-24

Direct

2010-01-03

2010-03-24

212

TT

Details unavailable

No

    

2010-04-12

231

TT

  
    

2010-04-27

246

TT

  

Q

2012-06-22

Direct

2013-04-01

2013-04-20

302

CL

Tag attached, not functioning; faded epidermis under tag

Yes

    

2013-05-01

313

CL

  
    

2013-05-11

323

CL

  
    

2013-05-21

333

CL

  
    

2013-05-29

341

CL

  
    

2013-06-11

354

CL

  
    

2016-03-09

1356

CL

  

R

2012-07-04

Direct

2013-02-01

2014-05-10

675

TT

Details unavailable

No

    

2017-04-11

1742

TT

  

S

2012-07-06

Direct

2013-01-29

2015-05-23

1051

FG

Details unavailable

No

    

2015-06-27

1086

FG

  
    

2015-07-06

1095

FG

  

T

2012-07-15

Direct

2013-02-17

2013-04-22

281

FG

Tag missing; details unavailable

No

    

2013-06-19

339

FG

  
    

2015-05-21

1040

FG

  
    

2015-06-08

1058

FG

  
    

2015-06-18

1068

FG

  
    

2015-06-30

1080

FG

  

U

2013-08-25

Direct

2014-03-22

2014-03-22

209

TT

Tag attached, functioning; faded epidermis under tag

Yes

    

2014-04-25

243

TT

  

V

2014-07-25

Direct

2015-12-09

2016-04-09

624

TT

Tag missing; details unavailable

No

W

2014-08-03

Direct

2015-02-11

2017-04-02

973

TT

Tag missing; details unavailable

No

X

2014-08-05

Direct

2015-03-28

2015-05-02

270

TT

Tag missing; faded epidermis under tag, drill channels healing

No

  1. “Max Tag Date” denotes the last time the tag transmitted. “Δt” indicates the difference in days between the deployment of the tag and the observation of the turtle on the beach. Countries: TT = Trinidad and Tobago, CL = Colombia, PN = Panama, SR = Suriname, CR = Costa Rica, FG = French Guiana. “Attachment State” indicates any notes on the state of the tag or attachment point on the carapace upon re-observation of the turtle. “Tag Recovery” indicates whether the tag was recovered by the nesting beach team that intercepted the turtle