Morgan

Juvenile Green Turtles in NW Florida II

A project of Florida Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit.

click map for full-size version St. Joseph Bay, northwest Florida, USA

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Species: Green Turtle
Life Stage: Juvenile
Gender: Unknown
Release Date: 2004-10-15 14:00:00
Release Location: Port St. Joe, FL
Last Location: 2005-05-06 20:25:24

Adoptive Parents:
Morgan Lee Ball
Braden Howse
Joelle Martinez
Alexander Enyart
Fam Carlsson

Background

Morgan was captured in the southern end of St. Joseph Bay on one of those netting days where the wind and the water dictate your every move, rain too. Dewayne was chosen to carry a transmitter because this turtle is approximately the same size as the average size of juvenile green turtles inhabiting St. Joseph Bay. Our hope is to document Morgan's overwintering behavior and to determine if this turtle leaves St. Josepeh Bay in the fall and moves to warmer water, or instead overwinters in St. Joseph Bay, possibly risking being stranded due to cold stunning episodes that have occured during three out of the past four winters.