Maju - Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation / Release Project
A project of Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation / Release Project.
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"Maju" is a special turtle. She has captivated the interest of many people in Dubai and is set to teach scientists and conservationists more about survival in the wild following rehabilitation. Leaving Dubai, she tracked over to the coast of iran, and now is headed out of the Gulf and into the Arabian Sea. From the UAE to Iran, past Musandam in Oman and now across to Pakistan.... where will she end up?
Background
Maju is a small green turtle which was rescued from a beach in Dubai, Uniited Arab Emirates, in 2002. Following rehabilitation and care in a special enclosure, she has now been released and tracked with a transmitter to determine her dispersal and behaviour following the rehabilitation process.
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- This map connects positions generated by the ARGOS system designated as location class (lc) '3', '2', '1', '0', 'A'. Locations that have been "filtered" are displayed as small red dots.
- This maps also shows locations of class 'A' as small black dots which are not connected by a route line.
- Bathymetry layers are derived from the GEBCO One Minute Grid.
- Sea surface temperature and chlorophyll are derived from NASA's Ocean Color data.
- Ocean currents and sea surface heights are derived from AVISO's Ssalto/Duacs Gridded Absolute Dynamic Topography & absolute geostrophic velocities data.
