Juvenile Green Turtle Acoustic Tracking in Gulf of Santa Elena, Costa Rica

Fanqi Wu's dataset contains acoustic telemetry tracking data for 15 juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Gulf of Santa Elena, Costa Rica. The data includes residency and space-use indices calculated from 11 receivers placed across five habitat types over tracking periods ranging from 19 to 628 days. The dataset was last updated on April 20, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling residency patterns of juvenile green turtles based on the provided Residency Index values.
• Analyzing space-use distribution across habitat types using the Shannon index (H) values.
• Investigating the relationship between turtle size (curved carapace length) and space-use behavior.
• Identifying critical foraging habitats for juvenile green turtles in the north Pacific coast of Costa Rica.

Strengths

• Includes tracking data for 15 individual turtles with specific size ranges (49–83 cm curved carapace length).
• Provides calculated indices (Residency Index and Shannon index H) with reported ranges and medians.
• Data collected from 11 acoustic receivers across five distinct habitat types (muddy areas, reef patches, macroalgae, rocky reefs, mangroves).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 9.5 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Fanqi Wu

Collection Method

Acoustic telemetry tracking

Time Range

Tracking periods ranged from 19 to 628 days for individual turtles.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 17:37:24; freshness should be verified

Geography

Gulf of Santa Elena, north Pacific coast of Costa Rica