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Table 2 Summary Data for turtle movement tracks from three nesting beaches in Mexico

From: Pelagic movements of pacific leatherback turtles (dermochelys coriacea) highlight the role of prey and ocean currents

TrackID

Year

Beach

Locations

Distance (km)

Included

Reason

1

1993

Mexiquillo

52

2,448

Yes

 

2

1993

Mexiquillo

8

497

No

locations

3

1997

Mexiquillo

298

9,425

Yes

 

4

1997

Mexiquillo

234

8,177

Yes

 

5

1997

Mexiquillo

1

426

No

locations

6

1997

Mexiquillo

118

4,756

Yes

 

7

1997

Mexiquillo

266

9,001

Yes

 

8

1997

Mexiquillo

286

8,304

Yes

 

9

1997

Mexiquillo

46

329

No

locations

10

1997

Mexiquillo

298

10,535

Yes

 

11

1997

Mexiquillo

436

13,097

Yes

 

12

1997

Mexiquillo

0

664

No

locations

13

1999

Cauhitan

124

4,975

Yes

 

14

1999

Cauhitan

0

215

No

locations

15

1999

Cauhitan

0

444

No

locations

16

2000

Agua Blanca

53

3,178

Yes

 

17

2000

Cauhitan

21

1,892

No

locations

18

2000

Cauhitan

279

12,244

No

Turtle is dead

19

2000

Cauhitan

42

1,197

No

locations

20

2000

Cauhitan

1

207

No

locations

21

2000

Cauhitan

26

1,309

No

locations

22

2000

Cauhitan

468

12,828

Yes

 

23

2001

Cauhitan

32

1,532

Yes

 

24

2001

Cauhitan

196

9,000

Yes

 

25

2001

Cauhitan

97

2,961

Yes

 

26

2003

Agua Blanca

79

4,022

Yes

 
  1. Included are the number of post-nesting locations, and the cumulative distance for the entire track. Turtles excluded from the modeling analysis are noted, along with the reason for exclusion. In the Reasons column, locations meant there were too few post-internesting locations.